Coughlin & Gerhart L.L.P is proud to announce that 11 of its lawyers were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2016 (Copyright 2015).
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; 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; Richard B. Long, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants and Arbitration; and Rachel A. Abbott, Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs.
The firm is also very proud that Rachel A. Abbott and Carl A. Kieper have received the special distinction of the Best Lawyers®’ 2016 Binghamton “Lawyer of the Year” for their respective specialties of Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs for Abbott and Family Law for Kieper.
Since its inception in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. 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.”
