Louise Sommers

Louise Sommers: Attorney with Miller Korzenik Sommers Rayman LLP
Attorney Awards
  • Martindale-Hubbell Peer AV Preeminent Rating
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Biography

Senior Editor, Brooklyn Law Review. Adjunct Professor: Communications Law, Brooklyn Law School, 1986-1991; Entertainment and Mass Media Law, Benjamin Cardozo School of Law, 2001. Law Clerk to Hon. Kevin Thomas Duffy, U.S. District Judge, Southern District of New York, 1976-1978. Partner, 1984-1998 and Associate, 1978-1984, Rogers & Wells. Member, Mediation Panel, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York. Member, New York Women's Bar Association, 1995-1999.

Areas of Practice (13)

  • Commercial Law
  • Commercial Litigation
  • State Litigation
  • Federal Litigation
  • Civil Litigation
  • Media Law
  • Securities Litigation
  • Bankruptcy Litigation
  • Libel Defense
  • Intellectual Property
  • Copyright
  • Employment Law
  • Mediation

Education & Credentials

University Attended:
Douglass College, Rutgers University, B.A., with honors, 1969
Law School Attended:
Brooklyn Law School, J.D., magna cum laude, 1976
Year of First Admission:
1977
Admission:
1977, New York; U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Memberships:
Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Media and Communications Law Committee, 1992-1994); New York State Bar Association (Chair, Committee on Magistrate Judges, Commercial and Federal Litigation Section, 1993-1994); Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, 1996-2006 (Board Member); Copyright Society; New York Women in Film and Television (Former Member and Co-Chair, Committee on Communications and Entertainment Law).
Birth Information:
Jersey City, New Jersey, May 19, 1948
ISLN:
903551272

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