A 1982 graduate of Villanova University, Bufalino earned his law degree from Dickinson School of Law in 1985 and was admitted to the Luzerne County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. He is associated with his father, Charles J. Bufalino, Jr. ’48 and brothers Brian A. Bufalino ’87 and Mark W. Bufalino ’88 in the general practice of law in West Pittston and Dallas. He has served as a law clerk to Luzerne County Common Pleas Court Judge Gifford Cappellinni and Lycoming County Senior Judge Clinton Smith. Bufalino also serves as a court-appointed Guardian for minors in Children and Youth cases, and as a Master in Family Law matters for Luzerne County. He is the zoning solicitor for the borough of Dallas and is the solicitor of Community Counseling Services of NEPA.