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Ms. Westfall joined Coughlin & Gerhart, LLP in 1986 and is a Partner in the firm. She is chair of the Firm's Trusts & Estates Practice Group. She focuses her practice in the areas of municipal law, land use and zoning, estate planning and administration, elder law, and real estate transactions. She also is active in the Broome and Otsego County Bar Associations, and is a member of the New York State Bar Association. From 2004-2006, Ms. Westfall served as the sixth judicial district representative to the executive committee of the New York State Bar Association Trusts and Estates Section.
Ms. Westfall has served on the Board of Directors for Good Shepherd Communities in various capacities from 1997 until 2014. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of the RBM Foundation, a charitable foundation which provides financial support to community organizations in the Colesville area. She also serves on the Development Committee of the Community Foundation for South Central New York.
Honors & AwardsListed, Upstate New York Super Lawyers, 2011 – 2015Leadership & Community InvolvementNew York State Bar Association Trusts and Estates Section, Sixth Judicial District Representative
New York, 1987
U.S. District Court Northern District of New York, 1988
U.S. Supreme Court, 1991
Broome County College, 1987 - 1990 (Adjunct Faculty, Paralegal Studies Program)
Broome County Bar Association (Member)
New York State Bar Association (Member)
American Bar Association (Member)
Otsego County Bar Associations (Member)
Syracuse University College of Law, Syracuse, New York, 1986 J.D.
Honors: Associate Editor, Law Review: Syracuse Law Review, Contributing Editor
University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, 1978 B.A.