Coughlin & Gerhart LLP

Dating the foundation of our firm back to 1890, we at Coughlin & Gerhart, LLP pride ourselves as being part of one of the oldest yet most progressive law firms based in the Southern Tier of New York. With more than 100 attorneys and professional staff members, we provide a complete range of litigation and transactional services to our clients from our main office in Binghamton, New York, as well as from our seven other locations in New York and Pennsylvania.

With the firm organized into functional yet synergistic practice groups, our attorneys provide proactive advice and counsel on a variety of matters, including business and banking transactions, labor and employment issues on behalf of management, trust and estate planning, real estate, oil and gas, public and governmental law, and litigation. We believe in providing individualized and aggressive representation to all of our clients, and the results we have obtained on their behalf as well as our high ethical standards have led Martindale-Hubbell to bestow its AV Preeminent* rating upon several of our attorneys. In addition, 14 of our attorneys have been named in Best Lawyers in America**, with others being honored by their inclusion in Upstate New York Super Lawyers.

The overall quality of our firm has been acknowledged as well through our status as a member of Primerus, a society that applies rigorous membership standards to its roster of the world's finest independent law firms. In addition, we have been repeatedly included in U.S. News & World Report's annual "Best Law Firms" rankings as a first-tier firm in personal injury defense, and banking and finance law. Our clients range from individuals and small businesses to local governmental bodies, financial institutions, and major corporations. Regardless of the size of the entity or the nature of the matter, we pride ourselves on offering personalized interaction combined with collaborative problem-solving strategies.

*AV Preeminent and BV Distinguished are certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the confidential opinions of members of the Bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell ratings fall into two categories—legal ability and general ethical standards.

**The Best Lawyers in America® 2010. Copyright 2009 by Woodward/White, Inc., Aiken, SC