Joseph J. Steflik

  • Of Counsel

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Mr. Steflik joined Coughlin and Gerhart, LLP in 1999 and is Of Counsel with the firm. He is Chair Emeritus of the firm’s Labor and Employment Law Practice Group. Mr. Steflik concentrates his law practice in the areas of labor, employment, and construction law.

Mr. Steflik is the past Chair of the Labor and Employment Law Section of the New York State Bar Association, and a member of the American Bar Association's Labor and Employment Law Section and its Forum on the Construction Industry. Mr. Steflik has given numerous lectures on such topics as strikes, picketing and their alternatives, union organizing activities, age, sex, disability discrimination, administrative procedures, and the multiple aspects of construction law. Mr. Steflik is a contributor to various books including the American Bar Association/BNA treatises Developing Labor Law, Employment Discrimination Law and Employee Benefits Law. He is listed in the labor and employment law section of Best Lawyers in America. Mr. Steflik also teaches at Binghamton University. Mr. Steflik has been honored as one of the “New York Area’s Best Lawyers” in the area of labor and employment law in the 2008 listings published by New York Magazine.

Publications & Presentations

  • Steflik has given numerous lectures on such topics as strikes, picketing and their alternatives, union organizing activities, age, sex, disability discrimination, administrative procedures
  • Steflik is a contributor to various books including the American Bar Association/BNA treatises Developing Labor Law, Employment Discrimination Law and Employee Benefits Law.

Honors & Awards

  • New York Area's Best Lawyers" in the area of labor and employment law in the 2008 listings published by New York Magazine.

Leadership & Community Involvement

  • Adjunct Professor at Binghamton University

Practice Areas:

  • Labor & Employment

Education

  • University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    • J.D. - 1971
  • University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    • B.A. - 1968
    • Honors: cum laude

Bar Admission

  • New York, 1972
  • U.S. District Court Northern District of New York, 1972
  • U.S. District Court Southern District of New York
  • U.S. Supreme Court, 1980
  • U.S. District Court Western District of New York, 1989
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 1975
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 2000

Professional Associations

  • Broome County Bar Association, Member
  • New York State Bar Association, Member
  • Federal Bar Association, Member
  • American Bar Association's Labor and Employment , Member