Morgen M. Bowers, Attorney

Morgen M. Bowers, Sonya’s Associate since 2003, began her legal practice in 1999 at a large international Wall Street law firm where she specialized in private and syndicated secured, unsecured and structured financings in the New York and Hong Kong offices. Morgen received her Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in 1999 where she was Senior Editor of the Law Review and was invited to join the Order of the Coif, and her B.A. from Bard College in 1990. She is admitted to practice in New York.

Morgen’s practice areas complement and supplement Young Sommer’s practice areas. Their office is located to the south, in Columbia County, part of New York’s historic Hudson Valley, within the Capital District and a stone’s throw from the Berkshires. Their areas of practice include:

Real Estate: residential and commercial real estate closings, residential and commercial leasing, real estate financing, condominium offerings, co-tenancy agreements, real estate litigation, commercial, retail and manufacturing facility development and representation before local planning and zoning boards.

Intellectual Property: full range of services in the fields of trademark, copyright, trade secret and unfair competition law including trademark searches, filing and prosecution of trademarks and copyrights, licensing and work-for-hire agreements for trademarks, copyrights and patents, intellectual property audits, defensive and offensive litigation and other intellectual property protection strategies, software licensing, website development and an extensive practice involving issues relating to the Internet.

Business Law; Not-for-Profit: entity formation, governance and operation, drafting and negotiation of shareholder, operating, partnership and employment agreements, business acquisitions, representation of both lenders and borrowers in secured and unsecured corporate financing transactions.

Education: representation of private, charter and public schools in the following areas: real estate transactions, contract review, health and transportation issues, construction contract review and negotiation, public bidding, freedom of information law requests and drafting policies including codes of conduct, FERPA and sexual harassment policies.

Wills, Trusts and Estates: estate planning and drafting of wills and trusts, representation of executors and trustees with probate, trust and estate administration.