Background
Gerhart, Eugene Clifton was born on April 7, 1912 in Brooklyn. Son of Herman Eugene and Mary Elizabeth (Hamilton) Gerhart.
Gerhart, Eugene Clifton was born on April 7, 1912 in Brooklyn. Son of Herman Eugene and Mary Elizabeth (Hamilton) Gerhart.
Princeton University (Bachelor of Arts, 1934). Harvard Law School (Bachelor of Laws, 1937).
Worked at Coughlin & Gerhart (Binghamton, New York) specializing in General Civil Practice before all State and Federal Courts and Administrative Agencies. Appellate and Trial Practice. Banking, Corporation, Securities, Tax, Real Estate, Probate, Trust and Estate Planning, Pension and Profit Sharing, Health, Life and Casualty Insurance, Personal Injury, Malpractice, Products Liability, Construction, Labor Relations (Public and Private), Municipal, Education, Utility, Environmental, Tax Assessment and Condemnation Law.
Admitted to the bar, 1938, New Jersey.
1945, New New York
Winner, American Bar Association"s Ross Essay Award, 1946. Recipient: Distinguished Service Award, Southern Tier Chapter, Chartered Life Underwriters, 1978.
Outstanding Achievement Award, Princeton University Class of 1934, 1974. Member of the Board of Editors of the American Bar Association Journal, 1946-1968.
Editor-in-Chief, New York State Bar Journal, 1961.
Trial Examiner, New York State Labor Relations Board, 1947-1961. President of the Harvard Law School Association of Upstate New York, 1955-1957. Upstate New York Representative, Selden Society, 1961.
Member, 1967-1977 and Chairman, 1971-1977, Council, State University of New York at Cortland.
Member, Joint Committee on Court Reorganization, New York State, 1973. Member, New York State Unified Court Systems Judicial Records Disposition Committee.
Chairman, Harpur Forum, Foundation of State University of New York at Binghamton, 1983-1984. Editor of The Lawyers Treasury.
Author: American Liberty and Natural Law, 1953.
America"s Advocate: Robert H. Jackson, 1958. Robert H. Jackson, Lawyer"s Judge, 1961. Quote lieutenant! Memorable Legal Quotations, 1969.
Arthur T. Vanderbilt: The Compleat Counsellor, 1980.
Quote lieutenant II, 1988. Member, Judicial Nominating Committee, Third Judicial Department, State of New York, 1982-1993. Member of Panel, American Arbitration Association.
Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New New York Broome County (President, 1961-1962), New York State and American Bar Associations.
American Judicature Society (Director, 1955-1959).
Association of Life Insurance Counsel. American Law Institute (Life Member). Fellow: American Bar Foundation.
American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.
American Council of Life Insurance (Emeritus Member). Coughlin & Gerhart was founded October 1, 1973 by the merger of two existing Binghamton law firms.
Its predecessor firms date back to the 1890s. lieutenant represents one of the oldest full service law firms in the Southern Tier of New New York
The firm"s general civil practice is conducted throughout the State and Federal Courts at both the trial and appellate levels.
The firm encourages continuing professional education among its partners and associates. Its lawyers are active in the Broome County, New York State and American Bar Associations, and its past and present partners include high-level bar association and community leaders. The lawyers of the firm participate in a wide variety of community services, pro bono work, and take part in civic and charitable activities.
Coughlin & Gerhart today services corporations and individual clients in all areas of their legal needs.
Chairman Harpur Forum State University of New York, Binghamton, 1983-1984. Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946. Fellow American Bar Foundation, American College Probate Counsel, New York State Bar Foundation.
Member American Bar Association (editor Journal 1946-1967, Ross Essay award 1946), International Association Insurance Counsel, Association Life Insurance Counsel, American Judicature Society, American Law Institute, New York State Bar Association (editor-in-chief journal 1961-1997, editor-in-chief emeritus since 1997, Distinguished Service award 1998), Association Bar City New York, Broome County Bar Association (president 1961-1962, Lifetime Achievement award 1995), Selden Society, Broome County Princeton Alumni Association, Harvard Law School Association Upstate New York (president 1955-1957), Scribes (president, director 1966-1967), St. Andrew's Society Clubs: Rotary (president 1969-1970), Cosmos, Oteyokwa Lake (president 1971-1973), Nassau, Harvard of New York, Princeton of New York.
Married Mary Richardson Schreiber, March 30, 1939. Children: Catherine Gerhart Landon, Virginia Gerhart Mason.