{"id":46199,"date":"2015-09-22T15:03:15","date_gmt":"2015-09-22T15:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/owegopennysaver.com\/?p=46199"},"modified":"2015-09-27T15:04:17","modified_gmt":"2015-09-27T15:04:17","slug":"coughlin-and-gerhart-attorneys-honored-in-best-lawyers-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2015\/09\/22\/coughlin-and-gerhart-attorneys-honored-in-best-lawyers-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Coughlin and Gerhart Attorneys honored in Best Lawyers\u00ae list"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Coughlin &amp; 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\u00a9 2016 (Copyright 2015).<\/p>\n<p>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 &#8211; Management, Employment Law &#8211; Management); Paul Sweeney, Labor Law &#8211; 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\u2019Brien, Personal Injury Litigation-Defendants, Product Liability Litigation &#8211; Defendants; Peter H. Bouman,\u00a0 Personal Injury Litigation; Richard B. Long, Personal Injury Litigation &#8211; Defendants and Arbitration; and Rachel A. Abbott, Personal Injury Litigation &#8211; Plaintiffs.<\/p>\n<p>The firm is also very proud that Rachel A. Abbott and Carl A. Kieper have received the special distinction of the Best Lawyers\u00ae\u2019 2016 Binghamton &#8220;Lawyer of the Year&#8221; for their respective specialties of Personal Injury Litigation &#8211; Plaintiffs for Abbott and Family Law for Kieper.<\/p>\n<p>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. 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