Experience, Empathy, and Vision for the Bench
For more than twenty years, Anne Joynt has appeared in courtrooms across Western New York, standing with hard working men and women suffering from workplace injuries, survivors of child sexual assault, and families poisoned by toxins in their homes. Anne's legal experience and empathy working with people confronting some of the most difficult moments of their lives, has given her the vision of a bench that ensures everyone has a voice an a chance to be heard.
Medina born, Buffalo raised
Anne was born and raised in Medina, New York, with a Republican mother and a Democrat father. She learned early on that discussions and debates can be passionate but that respect and understanding are non-negotiables.
Anne brought the lessons of her youth with her as she went on to study at SUNY Geneseo, graduating magna cum laude from SUNY Geneseo, in 2002. She then attended SUNY Buffalo Law school, being accepted into the prestigious Order of Barristers national honor society, which recognizes graduating law students who have excelled in oral advocacy, trial advocacy, and brief writing.
Anne has never forgotten her roots forged in small town Medina or her love and commitment to community. Her membership and time spent on the Boards of the Women's Tap Fund, Center for Elder Law and Justice, Erie County Bar Association Aid to Indigent Prisoners Society, Inc., National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Women's Bar Association, Minority Bar Association, and the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library, have deepened Anne's understanding of the communities that she serves and her belief in meeting people where they are.
Anne is committed to the fundamental promise to apply the law based on the facts and rule appropriately. Anne's experience has shown her that a good judge knows justice comes in many forms, sometimes tough, sometimes merciful, but always based on the facts and the law.
Approach to the Bench:
A voice for all
While Anne’s father helped foster her interest in joining the legal profession, it was her community outreach, and her work as a trial lawyer that taught her that a fair judicial system begins by giving every party a meaningful opportunity to be heard. Anne's experience in sensitive and emotionally difficult cases taught her the importance of listening carefully and treating every person in the courtroom with dignity and respect.
Anne’s dedication to fairness, access, and a judicial system that operates while considering the impact of each decision on both the case and the community where the law exists comes comes down to a simple premise, if the heart of due process is the opportunity to be heard, than it is the responsibility of a judge to listen.
Awards and Recognition
• Top 100 Trial Lawyers in New York, National Trial Lawyers, 2025
• The Best Lawyers in America, Best Lawyers, Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiffs, Product Liability Litigation-Plaintiffs, 2025-2026 (peer selected)
• M. Dolores Denman Lady Justice Award, Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York, Western New York Chapter, 2023
• University at Buffalo Law School Distinguished Alumni Award- Community Service, University at Buffalo Law School, 2023
• Upstate New York Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers, 2021-2025; Top 25 Women and Top 50 lists, 2025 (peer selected)
• Legal Elite, Business First of Buffalo, Honoree, 2019-2025; Rising Star, 2018; Leader, 2017 (peer selected)
• Upstate New York Rising Star, Super Lawyers, 2013-2020 (peer selected)
• Woman Lawyer of the Year, Women Lawyers of Western New York, 2017
• Attorney of the Year Leader in Law Award, The Daily Record, November 2016
• Woman of Influence, Buffalo Business First, 2022
• Athena Young Professional Finalist, Buffalo-Niagara Partnership, 2013, 2019
• Medina High School Distinguished Alumni Award, Medina Central School District, 2019
• 2014/2015 Woman in Leadership, Buffalo Niagara Chapter of NYS Women, June 2015
• Buffalo 40 Under 40 Honoree, Buffalo Business First, 2014
• Women in Leadership Honoree, NAWBO Buffalo-Niagara, October 2014
Buffalo Spree Magazine, October 2017
"Q&A: Why Anne Joynt Persists" by Maria Scrivani, accessible at https://www.buffalospree.com/wny_life/q-a-why-anne-joynt-persists/article_55e6e489-cd3a- 53d9-ac12-87b8aeda5b36.html
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