Practice Areas:
Insurance and Reinsurance

Amanda Coats is an Associate of the firm where she specializes in insurance coverage, reinsurance and environmental matters. Ms. Coats served as judicial clerk to the Honorable John J. Harper, J.S.C. (retired), Superior Court of New Jersey, Morris County, for the 2006-2007 Term. She also interned for the Honorable Patty Shwartz, U.S.M.J., United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, in the Fall 2005 and the Honorable Karen M. Cassidy, A.J.S.C., Superior Court of New Jersey, Union County, in the Summer 2004.  She joined the law firm of Coughlin Duffy LLP in September 2007.

Education:

Seton Hall University School of Law (JD, 2006)

Participant, Civil Litigation Clinic at the Center for Social Justice (Spring 2006)

University of Michigan (BA, 2003)

Professional Admissions:

State of New Jersey (2006)

United States District Court for the District of New Jersey (2006)

Memberships and Professional Activities:

Member, Morris County Bar Association

Member, American Bar Association

Publications:

Midlige, Suzanne Cocco and Coats, Amanda K. (2010) “Navigating the Wave of Water Contamination Claims:  Analysis of  City of New York v. Amerada Hess Corp. and Its Implications for Other Water Contamination Claims,” Environmental Claims Journal, 22: 1, 17-26

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10406020903543269

Midlige, Suzanne Cocco, Re, Robert J., and Coats, Amanda K. (2010), “Neue Welle von Produkthaftpflichtklagen  wegen ‘Chinese Drywall’ in den USA?,” PHi, Nr. 1/2010

Contact:
P.O. Box 1917
350 Mount Kemble Avenue
Morristown, NJ 07962-1917

Direct Dial: (973) 631-6066
Facsimile: (973) 267-6442

E-mail:
acoats@coughlinduffy.com