Background
Sommer, James A. was born on June 13, 1926 in Portsmouth, Ohio, United States.
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James A. Sommer
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University of Notre Dame (Bachelor of Science, 1948). University of Cincinnati (Bachelor of Laws, 1950).
Career
Worked at Phillips, Lytle, Hitchcock, Blaine & Huber (Fredonia, New York) specializing in General Practice. Corporations, Litigation, Trust and Estates, Negligence and Tax Law, Labor Relations, Employment Law, Real Estate, Probate, Banking, Commercial, Municipal Finance, Bankruptcy Reorganization, Antitrust, Trials and Appeals, Products Liability, Insurance Coverage, Immigration, Customs, Environmental and Energy Law. Admitted to the bar, 1951, New York and United States.
District Court, Western District of New New York
Order of the Coif. Town Attorney, Town of Pomfret, 1961-1985. Counsel, County of Chautauqua Industrial Development Agency, 1973-1988.
President, New York State Association of Towns, 1976-1977. Member: New York State and American Bar Associations.
Bar Association of Northern Chautauqua (President, 1960-1961).
Founded in 1834 in Buffalo as the law office of Orsamus H. Marshall, Phillips, Lytle counts among its former partners several prominent individuals including President Grover Cleveland. Through its expansion into several offices and the development of new practice areas, the Firm has grown into a position of prominence in the northeastern United States and the province of Ontario.
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Member: New York State and American Bar Associations. Bar Association of Northern Chautauqua (President, 1960-1961).
