Robert H. McKertich

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Bio

Mr. McKertich joined Coughlin & Gerhart, LLP in 2009 and is a Partner with the firm. His practice is concentrated in municipal law, education law and labor law. Mr. McKertich is experienced in courtroom litigation and practicing before federal, state and local administrative agencies. He is Practice Group Leader for the firm's Arbitrator, Mediator and Administrative Hearing Officer Practice Group and serves as a hearing officer for several state agencies and local school districts.  He was selected as a Rising Star among Upstate New York lawyers in the 2013 edition of Super Lawyers magazine.

Mr. McKertich is a member of the Municipal Law and Environmental Law Sections of the New York State Bar Association and the Broome County Bar Association. He is also a member of the American Planning Association (Upstate New York Chapter), The New York State Administrative Law Judges Association and he is an adjunct professor of law at two colleges.

Honors & Awards

  • Listed, Upstate New York Super Lawyers' Rising Star, 2013.

Past Employment Experience

  • Massachusetts Division of Banks, Bank Auditor

Practice Areas:

  • Public Law
  • Labor & Employment
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution

Education

  • Northeastern University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Juris Doctor - 2003
  • University of Rhode Island
    • Bachelor of Arts - 1998
    • Honors: Strauss Academic Scholarship Award for excellence in Political Science

Bar Admission

  • Massachusetts, 2003
  • New York, 2009
  • Pennsylvania, 2010

Professional Associations

  • New York State Bar Association , Member
  • Broome County Bar Association, Member
  • Stoneham Conservation Commission and the Watertown Rotary Club, Member