2011 Super Lawyers Pro Bono Award
Attorney Profile

Stephen R. Coffey

Stephen Coffey

O'Connell & Aronowitz, P.C.
54 State Street
Albany, NY 12207

Albany

New York (NY)

Contact Contact Stephen R. Coffey
T: 518-462-5601
F: 518-427-6988

Visit: www.oalaw.com
Practice Areas: Personal Injury Plaintiff: General (40%), Personal Injury Plaintiff: Medical Malpractice (30%), Criminal Defense (30%)

Personal Injury Plaintiff: General

Personal Injury Plaintiff: Medical Malpractice

Criminal Defense

Law School: Albany Law School

Profile

Mr. Coffey is a senior partner at O’Connell & Aronowitz and the supervising partner of our Plaintiffs' Negligence and Criminal Defense Practice. He focuses exclusively on malpractice, personal injury, products liability, and criminal defense. With over 35 years of experience at the state and federal levels, he has earned a notable reputation as a litigator, having obtained the largest single verdict in New York State and verdicts of over $1 million in eleven cases. Mr. Coffey has successfully litigated complicated catastrophic injury cases in multiple disciplines. He has extensive appellate practice and has briefed and argued cases in the Appellate Divisions throughout New York State, the New York Court of Appeals, and the federal appellate courts. In his criminal law practice, he has tried dozens of cases and has successfully represented multiple defendants charged with Class A felonies, resulting in acquittal.

Selected To

New York Super Lawyers 2011 - Upstate Edition
New York Super Lawyers 2010 - Upstate Edition
New York Super Lawyers 2009 - Upstate Edition
New York Super Lawyers 2008 - Upstate Edition
New York Super Lawyers 2007 - Upstate Edition

Articles about Stephen Coffey appearing in Super Lawyers

A Simpatico with the Underdog
Stephen R. Coffey earned his stripes in the Albany District Attorney’s Office before he was recruited to O’Connell & Aronowitz as the firm’s first and only trial lawyer. Three decades later, the criminal defense attorney and personal injury litigator is a senior partner at the firm, and has learned along the way that money isn’t everything, luck is crucial, and fallibility is just part of human nature.

About Stephen Coffey

Admitted: 1971, New York

Professional Webpage: www.oalaw.com/attorneys/stephen-coffey.html

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