{"id":98892,"date":"2019-01-22T11:02:21","date_gmt":"2019-01-22T16:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=98892"},"modified":"2019-01-22T11:02:23","modified_gmt":"2019-01-22T16:02:23","slug":"blaise-announces-candidacy-for-state-supreme-court-in-sixth-judicial-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=98892","title":{"rendered":"Blaise announces candidacy for state Supreme Court in Sixth Judicial District"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Citing over two decades of experience at all levels of the\ncourt system and years of important public and community service experience,\nBinghamton attorney Oliver Blaise today announced his candidacy for State\nSupreme Court in the Sixth Judicial District.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blaise said he is in the process of building support for his\ncandidacy for Supreme Court. The announcement of Blaise\u2019s candidacy follows the\nannouncement this week that Supreme Court Justice Ferris D. Lebous would be\nretiring and not seek election this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blaise, 47, is currently partner at Coughlin & Gerhart\nin Binghamton. He became a partner at Coughlin & Gerhart in 2004 and joined\nthe firm in 1997. He was admitted to the bar in 1998.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe decisions made in State Supreme Court can affect\neveryone who lives and works in the 10 counties of the Sixth Judicial District,\nand residents need an experienced and capable judiciary serving them. I will be\na fair, effective and responsive judge, and work to meet the highest standards\nof judicial service needed for our region,\u201d said Blaise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During more than two decades as attorney with Coughlin &\nGerhart, Blaise has gained vast experience concentrating on municipal law and\ncivil litigation in the region. He has served as general counsel to towns, fire\ndistricts and fire companies, and litigation counsel to towns, counties,\nvillages and school districts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blaise has also performed trial and appellate level work in\nmunicipal and commercial cases, and has experience with intellectual property,\nreal property, workers’ compensation and personal injury litigation, in state\nand federal courts and administrative agencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDuring my career, I have effectively represented clients on\na wide variety of cases and issues in courts at every level in the Sixth\nJudicial District and have gained the experience needed to now serve on this\nimportant court,\u201d said Blaise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe area included in the Sixth Judicial District is\ndiverse, with a variety of issues, opportunities and challenges. As attorney, I\nhave been privileged to represent residents and community organizations\nthroughout the district, giving me great insight into the legal issues in the\narea,\u201d added Blaise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Along with over two decades of legal experience, Blaise now\nserves as Republican election commissioner, a part-time position, with the\nBroome County Board of Elections. He is also a long-serving member of the\nUnited Way of Broome County\u2019s board of directors and the Binghamton Sertoma\nClub, and past president of the Broome County Bar Association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blaise is licensed to practice law in New York State courts;\nadmitted to practice in numerous federal courts, including the Northern and\nSouthern Districts of New York, Second Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United\nStates Supreme Court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He earned his Juris Doctor from Syracuse University and master\u2019s\nand bachelor\u2019s degrees from the University at Albany. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Sixth Judicial District includes the counties of Broome,\nChemung, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Madison, Otsego, Schuyler, Tioga and\nTompkins Counties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blaise is a Republican. He will be seeking endorsements at\nupcoming judicial conventions. The general election is Nov. 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He and his wife Dayla are parents of four children ages 7\nthrough 13.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Citing over two decades of experience at all levels of the court system and years of important public and community service experience, Binghamton attorney Oliver Blaise today announced his candidacy for State Supreme Court in the Sixth Judicial District. Blaise said he is in the process of building support for his candidacy for Supreme Court. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":98893,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[32,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","category-top-story"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-pJ2","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/oliverblaisePix.jpg?fit=1280%2C853&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=98892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98892\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/98893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=98892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=98892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=98892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}