Young/Sommer LLC

About Young/Sommer LLC

Young/Sommer LLC is a law firm that was founded in 1999 as a merger of two earlier Albany practices, Young & Ritzenberg and Ward, Sommer & Moore. Its work centers on energy, environmental, land use, and municipal law. The firm says its attorneys also draw on an understanding of surveying, planning, engineering, geology, and environmental science. Its clients have included energy corporations, municipalities, commercial developers, telecommunications companies, small businesses, and government agencies.

The firm's published practice areas include air quality, pollution management and compliance, brownfield redevelopment and cleanup, renewable energy and transmission, land use and zoning, real property and development, and commercial litigation and commercial landlord-tenant matters. Its main office moved to 500 Federal Street in Troy as of April 1, 2025, and it keeps a satellite office at 41 State Street in downtown Albany. The firm lists 518-438-9907 as its telephone number.

Practice areas

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