{"id":67582,"date":"2018-08-29T07:39:05","date_gmt":"2018-08-29T11:39:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/?p=67582"},"modified":"2018-09-01T07:50:13","modified_gmt":"2018-09-01T11:50:13","slug":"coughlin-gerhart-attorneys-honored-in-best-lawyers-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2018\/08\/29\/coughlin-gerhart-attorneys-honored-in-best-lawyers-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Coughlin &#038; Gerhart Attorneys honored in Best Lawyers\u00ae List"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Coughlin &amp; Gerhart, LLP is proud to announce that 14 of its lawyers were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America\u00ae 2019.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The lawyers recognized are Mark S. Gorgos (Commercial Transactions\/UCC Law, Municipal Law, Education Law, Banking and Finance Law, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights \/ Insolvency and Reorganization Law, and Business Organizations &#8211; including LLCs and Partnerships), Paul J. Sweeney (Labor Law-Management), Robert R. Jones (Litigation \u2013 Trusts and Estates), James P. O\u2019Brien (Personal Injury Litigation-Defendants and Product Liability Litigation-Defendants), Robert J. Madigan (Real Estate Law), Rachel A. Abbott (Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiffs), Beth E. Westfall (Trusts and Estates), Kristen K. Luce (Trusts and Estates), Oliver N. Blaise (Municipal Law), Joseph J. Steflik, Jr. (Labor Law-Management and Employment Law-Management), Gordon E. Thompson (Banking and Finance Law and Real Estate Law), Carl A. Kieper (Family Law), Bruno Colapietro (Family Law), and Richard B. Long (Arbitration and Personal Injury Litigation-Defendants).<\/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. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers \u201cthe most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Coughlin &amp; Gerhart, LLP, which was founded in the 1890s, has grown to be a multi-service law firm, consisting of more than 50 lawyers and a professional support staff. The firm\u2019s main office is located at 99 Corporate Dr., Binghamton. 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