After nine successful years, Bowitch & Coffey is closing its doors. Starting August 1, 2021, Gary Bowitch and Dan Coffey will be practicing law in their own law firms and will continue to provide clients with the same high quality legal services in their areas of expertise. Their new contact information is:
Gary S. Bowitch
Attorney at Law
13 Willow Street
Castleton, NY 12033
Phone: 518-527-2232
Email: gbowitch@bowitchlaw.com
Bowitch Law New Website
Daniel Coffey
Coffey Law PLLC
17 Elk Street
Albany, NY 12207
Phone: 518-813-9500
Email: Dan@coffeylawny.com
Coffey Law New Website
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Bowitch & Coffey, LLC
Bowitch & Coffey, LLC was established in June 2012 and brings almost 50 years of legal experience to its clients. Bowitch & Coffey provides legal advice and litigation services to a variety of businesses, insurance companies, municipalities and non-profit organizations.
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Environmental Law
Bowitch & Coffey brings its many years of environmental law practice - both within government and in the private sector - to help clients deal with their environmental needs and concerns.
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Environmental & Commercial Mediation Services
Bowitch and Coffey, LLC is committed to facilitating alternatives to litigation whenever possible. To that end, Bowitch & Coffey attorneys provide environmental mediation, commercial mediation and related dispute resolution services.
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Subrogation
Bowitch & Coffey’s subrogation practice group is dedicated to the recovery of property damages paid by insurers due to the fault of third parties.
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Insurance Litigation
In addition to its subrogation practice, the firm defends various insurance companies and insurance agencies against claims or lawsuits brought by policyholders and other plaintiffs.
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Civil Litigation
Our attorneys are admitted in all courts in New York State, all federal district and appellate courts within New York State, and the U.S. Supreme Court. We have represented a variety of businesses and individuals in a variety of civil litigation matters, ranging from small claims courts to New York’s Court of Appeals.
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Municipal Law
Bowitch & Coffey provides counsel to municipalities on compliance with General Municipal Law, Public Officers Law and other laws. The firm advises municipalities on contaminated tax-delinquent properties; has represented municipalities in defense of third party claims; and has prosecuted subrogation claims for municipal clients.
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Latest News
Judge rules suit against insured’s business does not violate anti-subrogation rule
AUGUST 2020 NEW YORK SUBROGATION ALERT
"ANTI-SUBROGATION" RULE DOES NOT PROHIBIT ONE CARRIER FROM SEEKING TO COLLECT FROM DEFENDANT'S BUSINESS INSURANCE POLICY
The "anti-subrogation rule" prohibits an insurance company from pursuing its own insured in subrogation. The two primary purposes of the anti-subrogation rule are to: (a) avoid a conflict of interest that would undercut the insurer's incentive to provide an insured with a vigorous defense; and (b) to prohibit an insurer from passing its loss to its own insured.1 However, as New York's highest court noted: "the anti-subrogation rule is an exception to the right of subrogation ... subrogation is typically permissible where the third party [to be sued] is not a named or additional insured [under the subrogating carrier's policy]."2
Bowitch Assists the North Country Redevelopment Task Force on Reuse of General Motors Brownfield Site
Article published in Watertown Daily times on September 2, 0016 (website link or PDF)
North Country Redevelopment Task Force wants to change focus of marketing for former GM site
By Bob Beckstead
The local task force that’s working with the Environmental Protection Agency and the Revitalizing Auto Communities Environmental Response Trust to clean up and market the former General Motors site in Massena wants to change the focus of what they would like to see on the site once cleanup is complete.
RACER Trust’s mission is to clean up the properties that GM had not purchased back, including the land in Massena, and to reposition the properties for redevelopment, sale, economic growth and development in the impacted communities.
Bowitch & Coffey Represents Town of Ballston Residents In Protecting Agricultural Lands
Article published in Ballston Journal Online on July 28, 0016 (website link or PDF)
Discussion of Housing Project Stalls Over Possible Legal Issue
BALLSTON – Discussion on the proposed housing development on Route 50 stalled during Wednesday’s Planning Board meeting, due in part to possible legal issues over the Town Board’s extension of the water district to serve the site.
The proposed Katz Planned Unit Development District would consist of a three-story building with 23,000 square feet of retail space on the bottom floor, 20 apartments on the second floor and 20 apartments on the third floor. The project also calls for 121 multifamily units in 11 buildings and 57 single-family lots. The property consists of 90.85 acres of land in two zoning districts — 17 acres are zoned business-highway and the remaining 73.85 acres are zoned rural-residential.
