Trial attorney, Lipsitz, Ponterio and Comerford

Anne E. Joynt is a trial lawyer who has practiced asbestos and toxic-tort litigation for plaintiffs since 2005, representing injured workers, children exposed to lead paint and survivors of childhood abuse, at the Buffalo firm Lipsitz, Ponterio and Comerford⁷⁸. A 1998 Medina High School graduate, she earned her degree magna cum laude from SUNY Geneseo in 2002 and her J.D. from the University at Buffalo School of Law in 2005⁷⁸. She runs on the Democratic and Working Families lines; Four 14-year Supreme Court seats in the Eighth Judicial District (Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans and Wyoming counties) are on the ballot and voters may choose up to four of seven candidates; two candidates, Michael L. Amodeo and Robert N. Richardson, are cross-endorsed by both major parties, while Bucki and Joynt run on the Democratic side, Tripi and Hickey on the Republican side, and Vario on the Conservative line only¹²⁹.

• Trial attorney, Lipsitz, Ponterio and Comerford, Buffalo, since 2005; asbestos, toxic-tort, personal injury and product liability litigation for plaintiffs⁷⁸
• Admitted to the New York bar in 2005; admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court⁷⁸
• B.A., SUNY Geneseo, magna cum laude, English and Spanish, 2002; J.D., University at Buffalo School of Law, 2005⁷⁸
• Nominated at the September 2026 Democratic judicial nominating convention for the Eighth Judicial District and also holds the Working Families line; Supreme Court justices are chosen through party conventions and elected to 14-year terms¹⁶⁸⁹.
• Bar poll: Bar Association of Erie County Judiciary Committee ratings for the 2026 New York State Supreme Court candidates, released September 16, 2026. The committee is a 29-lawyer nonpartisan panel with no more than 14 members from any one party that reviews questionnaires, interviews and input from lawyers and judges; it uses a four-level scale of Outstanding, Well Qualified, Qualified and Not Recommended. The rating is a non-binding evaluation of qualifications and is not an endorsement. Rating: Anne E. Joynt, Well Qualified. Ratings in this race: Amodeo Qualified; Bucki Well Qualified; Hickey Well Qualified; Joynt Well Qualified; Richardson Well Qualified; Tripi Well Qualified; Vario not included in the release; the release also rates three other people (Christopher M. Pannozzo, Kenneth A. Szyszkowski and Peter P. Vasilion) who are not on the November ballot for this race³. No 2026 rating from the Eighth Judicial District Independent Judicial Election Qualification Commission was found; the commissions' ratings site lists no Eighth District ratings after 2018⁵.