Anne Marie Bowler counsels clients in a range of industries – from fashion, entertainment, art, retail and e-commerce, to real estate, technology, and non-profits.

Anne Marie has successfully represented clients in litigations involving contract disputes, business divorces, intellectual property protection, employment matters and insurance coverage disputes.  Anne Marie is also a trained mediator and implements these skills in her practical problem solving approach.

Anne Marie finds that her litigation background proves especially helpful in drafting and negotiating contracts.  Anne Marie crafts and negotiates contracts related to employment (e.g., non-competition, confidentiality, severance, independent contractor, and employee handbook agreements), business formation and dissolution (e.g., operating agreements, by-laws, joint ventures, and business separation/divorce agreements), retail (e.g., manufacturer, consignment, and agency agreements), e-commerce (e.g., privacy compliance and social media disclosures), and intellectual property (e.g., license agreements), among others.

Anne Marie serves as an Adjunct Professor at New York Law School where she teaches Drafting Contracts, an upper-level course.  She has also taught Legal Reasoning Writing and Research and Written and Oral Advocacy.

Anne Marie is the Co-Chair of the Intellectual Property Committee of the Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York.  Anne Marie serves as Member of Brooklyn Law School’s Women’s Leadership Circle where she participates in programs at the Law School designed to promote the success of female graduates.  In 2012, Anne Marie was invited to participate as an Executive Task Force Member in the Wall Street Journal’s Women In The Economy Conference where top leaders in government, business and academics strategized a way to better leverage female talent to promote economic growth and competitiveness.  In 2012, Anne Marie was featured in the Wall Street Journal on alternative work life balance and also on NPR.

Prior to co-founding Gabay & Bowler, Anne Marie was a Senior Litigator at Proskauer’s Litigation Department and a Member of the Firm’s Criminal Defense and Corporate Investigations Practice Group.  At Proskauer, Anne Marie represented clients in internal investigations, government investigations, state and federal prosecutions and large-scale state and federal commercial litigations.

During her tenure at Proskauer, Anne Marie was invited to serve a two-year term as a Law Clerk to former Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye, on New York’s highest court, the Court of Appeals.  In this role, Anne Marie analyzed legal issues of first impression in the State and assisted with drafting legal opinions in civil and criminal appeals.

In addition to serving as a Co-Chair of the WBASNY Intellectual Property Committee, Anne Marie keeps current on issues affecting her clients as an active member of State, national and international bar associations.  In March 2018, as a Member of the Commercial and Federal Litigation Committee of the New York State Bar Association, Anne Marie was a panel member in the March 2018 event, Taking the Lead: Winning Strategies and Techniques for Commercial Cases.  In June 2018, Anne Marie presented a Continuing Legal Education Course to attorneys entitled, Fashion Law: Classic or Trendy (Legal Principles) at the annual convention of the WBASNY.  Anne Marie is also a member of the the National Association of Women’s Lawyers (NAWL), Fashion Law Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, and the International Bar Association.  Anne Marie has completed two Summer Intensive Programs at the Fordham Law School Fashion Law Institute in New York and San Francisco, staying abreast of current trends including wearable technology, unusual trademarks and creative brand protection.

Anne Marie is a volunteer with the Fashion Law Institute’s Pop-Up clinics, where she provides pro bono counsel to CFDA members and other designers.

Anne Marie received her Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Brooklyn Law School and graduated magna cum laude from Siena College with a B.A. in Social Work. She is admitted to practice in the State of New York and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York and United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.