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Contact: Brandon Vogel
Dept. of Media Services
bvogel@nysba.org
518/487-5535
January 31, 2008
SCHENECTADY ATTORNEY RECEIVES
STATE BAR ASSOCIATION’S PROFESSIONALISM AWARD
Attorney Praised by Colleagues,
Adversaries and Clients for Compassion, Ethics, and
Civility
Attorney Peter V. Coffey (Englert, Coffey, McHugh and
Fantauzzi, LLP) has been selected to receive the 2008 Attorney
Professionalism Award from the New York State Bar
Association.
The award, sponsored by the Association’s
Committee on Attorney Professionalism, will be presented on Thursday,
January 31 during the Annual Meeting in Manhattan.
The Attorney Professionalism Award recognizes an
Association member who displays the highest standards of
professionalism, including dedication to the service of clients,
commitment to promoting respect for the legal system in the pursuit of
justice and the public good, outstanding ethical conduct, competence,
good judgment, integrity and civility.
The Schenectady County Bar Association, which
nominated Coffey for the award, received dozens of letters of
endorsement from colleagues, former clients, and adversaries in legal
matters.
Schenectady County Bar Association President Robert W.
Hoffman of Schenectadywrote
in his nomination letter, “Peter is the consummate professional,
and his character and integrity go beyond the legal profession into the
community. His judgment, character and
leadership are greatly admired by the judiciary, his peers, his clients,
his friends and his community.”
Real Property Law Section Chair Karl B. Holtzschue of New York
Citynoted, “Peter
constantly reminds us of our ethical and professional obligations, in
the most civil and thoughtful manner. I
believe that his service to his colleagues, his clients and the
community exemplify the highest level of attorney
professionalism. His commitment to
promoting respect for the legal system and pursuit of justice in the
public good is always foremost in his mind and
actions. He is an exemplar of ethical
conduct, competence, good judgment, integrity and
civility.”
Coffey is a partner with Englert, Coffey, McHugh and
Fantauzzi, LLP. He is a member of the
Association’s House of Delegates, serves as First Vice-Chair of
the Real Property Law Section Executive Committee, and is a member of
the Business Law Section. He served on the Committee on Unlawful
Practice of Law, Committee on Professional Discipline, Committee to
Review Judicial Nominations, and Committee on Standards of Attorney
Conduct. Throughout the Association, he
is noted for his popular, lively lectures on professional
ethics.
James M. Altman of New York (Bryan Cave LLP) chairs the Committee on Attorney
Professionalism, and Lucille A. Fontana of White
Plains(Clark, Gagliardi
& Miller) chairs the award selection subcommittee.
State Bar President Kathryn Grant Madigan
of Binghamton(Levene,
Gouldin & Thompson LLP) will present the award to Coffey at the
Annual Meeting.
Previous award winners are: Frank E. Yannelli of
Rockville Centre (Yannelli & Zevin); Barry Kamins of Brooklyn
(President, New York City Bar Assocation); Fontana; Carlton F. Thompson
of Binghamton (Levene, Gouldin & Thompson LLP); Anne Reynolds Copps
of Albany (Law Office of Anne Reynolds Copps); James M. Conboy of Albany
(Carter Conboy Case Blackmore Maloney and Laird, PC); George J. Nashak,
Jr. (Ramo Nashak & Brown) of Queens; and Terrence M. Connors of
Buffalo (Connors & Vilardo, LLP).
The 74,000-member New York State Bar Association is
the official statewide organization of lawyers in New York and the
largest voluntary state bar association in the nation.
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