Coughlin and Gerhart Attorneys honored in Best Lawyers® list

Coughlin & Gerhart L.L.P is proud to announce that twelve of its lawyers were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2015 (Copyright 2014).

The lawyers recognized are Mark S. Gorgos (Commercial Transactions/UCC Law, Municipal Law, Education Law, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Joseph J. Steflik, Jr. (Labor Law-Management, Employment Law-Management); Paul Sweeney (Labor Law-Management); Frank A. Nemia (Employment Law-Management, Labor Law-Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment); John M. Thomas (Trusts and Estates); Robert J. Madigan (Real Estate Law), Gordon Thompson (Banking and Finance Law, Real Estate Law); Oliver Blaise (Municipal Law); Carl Kieper, (Family Law); James P. O’Brien (Personal Injury Litigation-Defendants, Product Liability Litigation-Defendants); Peter H. Bouman, (Personal Injury Litigation); and Richard B. Long (Personal Injury Litigation-Defendants and Arbitration).

The firm is also very proud that Peter H. Bouman has received a special distinction – the Best Lawyers®’ 2015 Binghamton Personal Injury Litigation-Def “Lawyer of the Year.”

Since its inception in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Because Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which almost 50,000 leading attorneys cast nearly 5 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas, and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor.  Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”