Robert H. Coughlin, Jr., will become the new chair of the 2,530 member Torts, Insurance and Compensation Law Section of the New York State Bar Association at the bar association's upcoming annual meeting.

Mr. Coughlin became a member of Flink Smith LLC in November 2006.

He is a graduate of Hamilton College and Albany Law School of Union University, where he was inducted into the Order of Barristers. After law school, Mr. Coughlin became the confidential law clerk to a New York State Supreme Court Justice. He currently concentrates his practice in the area of civil litigation with an emphasis on trial practice and insurance law, negligence, labor law, and commercial matters.

Victoria Spears

Victoria Spears

Victoria Prussen Spears is senior vice president of Meyerowitz Communications Inc., a law firm marketing communications consulting company. A graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and Brooklyn Law School, Ms. Spears was an attorney at a leading New York City law firm before joining Meyerowitz Communications. She may be contacted at [email protected].

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