Bio
Mr. Blakley joined Coughlin & Gerhart, LLP in 2021 and is an associate with the firm. His practice is concentrated in the firm's practice areas of Litigation and Business & Banking.
Mr. Blakley began his career as a legal assistant with a solo law practice in Long Island, New York, where he assisted clients with processing their No-Fault claims and investigated motor vehicle collisions. During law school he was a clinical student with Penn State Law's Entrepreneur Assistance Clinic in State College. While there, he assisted start-ups and small business owners with forming their entities, creating organizational documents, and drafting contracts. Mr. Blakley was also a summer
associate with Coughlin & Gerhart in 2019.
Practice Areas:
- Litigation
- Business & Banking
Education
- Penn State Law, University Park, Pennsylvania
- J.D. - 2020
- St. John’s University
- B.S. (Criminal Justice) - 2015
- Honors: magna cum laude
- Honors: Certificate in Crisis Intervention
- St. John’s University
- M.P.S. (Homeland Security and Criminal Justice Leadership) - 2016
- Honors: Judge Laurence J. Finnegan Jr. Award
Bar Admission
- New York, 2021
- New Jersey, 2020
Past Positions
- Penn State Law Entrepreneur Assistance Clinic, Clinical Student, 2018 – 2020
- Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office, Legal Intern, 2017
- Long Island Law Office, Legal Assistant, 2015
Professional Associations
- American Bar Association (Member, 2020 – Present)
- New York State Bar Association (Member, 2020 – Present)
- Broome County Bar Association (Member, 2020 – Present)