Attorney, Law Office of Ralph C. Lorigo (family law)

Robert R. Vario is a family law attorney at the Law Office of Ralph C. Lorigo in West Seneca, a 1982 graduate of Syracuse University College of Law who has been licensed in New York since 1983 and has been selected to Super Lawyers in family law each year from 2019 through 2026⁷. He appears only on the Conservative Party line; because he holds no major party line, this guide codes him R under its rule that the Conservative line maps to the Republican side¹². 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 only¹²⁸.

• Attorney, Law Office of Ralph C. Lorigo, West Seneca; family and matrimonial law⁷
• Licensed in New York since 1983; J.D., Syracuse University College of Law, 1982⁷
• Nominated for the Eighth Judicial District Supreme Court on the Conservative Party line only; Supreme Court justices are chosen through party conventions and elected to 14-year terms¹⁶. He was not nominated by either major party¹⁸.
• 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: Robert R. Vario was not included in the Bar Association of Erie County's September 16, 2026 ratings release for this race. 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.