About Cheryl Lynn
Cheryl Lynn Sovern earned her J.D. from Albany Law School in 2006. Her legal education followed years working in law offices in support roles, and it set the stage for a steady rise through private practice in upstate New York.
Sovern began her legal career outside the role of lawyer, working as a paralegal in the 1990s. She held positions at Berger & DuCharme, LLP in 1990 and later at Gordon, Tepper & DeCoursey in 1997. Those early years gave her practical exposure to case preparation and firm operations long before she took the bar and entered practice as an attorney.
She returned to a law firm setting as a law clerk in 2003 at DuCharme, Harp & Clark, LLP, and then joined that firm as an associate in 2007. Over the next several years she assumed greater responsibilities, becoming a partner in 2013 when the firm name included her own. That progression reflects a decade of steady work inside a single firm structure and then a transition into firm leadership.
In 2019 she launched Sovern Law, PLLC, where she is the owner and practicing lawyer. The move to open her own firm marked another shift in responsibilities. She now handles the managerial tasks of running a small firm in addition to serving clients. Her practice is rooted in New York state jurisdiction, and her background combines hands-on legal support experience with years as an attorney and partner.
Outside the office Sovern has long been active in local organizations. She has served as vice-chair of the Ballston Spa Education Foundation since 2009, and as secretary of the Burnt Hills–Ballston Spa Varsity Hockey Booster Club beginning in the same year. Her civic involvement reaches back to at least 2002, when she took on the role of treasurer for the Malta Ridge Volunteer Fire Company Auxiliary.
Sovern has been involved with several bar associations over time. She has been a member of the Saratoga County Bar Association since 2007 and joined both the Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York in 2008 and the Schenectady County Bar Association in 2009. She also served as vice-president of the Adirondack Women’s Bar Association from 2010 to 2011. These roles reflect ongoing participation in professional and local community groups.
Her career path shows long-term ties to the same regional legal community, progressing from paralegal to law firm partner and now to law firm owner. She practices law in New York and manages Sovern Law, PLLC, where she handles client matters across the state.
