Law Department (Department of Law), City of Buffalo

About Law Department (Department of Law), City of Buffalo

The City of Buffalo Law Department is the municipal legal office of the City of Buffalo, New York, headed by the Corporation Counsel. It prosecutes and defends civil actions brought by or against the City, its officers, departments and agencies, including the Buffalo Board of Education and the Buffalo Sewer Authority. Its duties also include drafting or approving contracts, local laws and ordinances, advising the Common Council and city agencies, and prosecuting ordinance violations not otherwise prosecuted.

The department's publicly described divisions include Litigation & Torts, Labor & Employment Law, a Common Council legislative unit, a Support Division, counsel to the Department of Assessment & Taxation and the Police Department, and an Administrative Adjudication bureau that hears code and ordinance violations. Its Office of New Americans helps immigrants and refugees access city services. The department is located at 65 Niagara Square, Room 1100, in Buffalo, New York 14202.

Practice areas

Areas of work that Law Department (Department of Law), City of Buffalo describes on its own website. They describe the organization as a whole, not the practice of any individual attorney listed below.

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