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Joseph J. Steflik Jr.

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Of Counsel

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

Admissions

  • New York, 1972
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York, 1972
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
  • U.S. Supreme Court, 1980
  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York, 1989
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1975
  • U.S. Court of Appeals Third Circuit, 2000

Education

University of Pennsylvania
Law School

  • J.D., 1971

University of Pennsylvania

  • B.A., cum laude, 1968

Professional Affiliations

  • Broome County Bar Association (Member)
  • New York State Bar Association (Member)
  • Federal Bar Association (Member)
  • American Bar Association’s Labor and Employment (Member)
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