Background
Berz, David Richard was born on May 21, 1948 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Berz, David Richard was born on May 21, 1948 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Bachelor, George Washington University, 1970. Juris Doctor with honors, George Washington University, 1973.
Worked at Weil, Gotshal & Manges Limited Liability Partnership (Washington, District of Columbia) specializing in Environmental Law, Civil and Criminal Litigation, Administrative Law. Admitted to the bar, 1973, District of Columbia. 1977, United States. Supreme Court.
1985, New New York
Member, National Moot Court Team.
Editor, George Washington University Journal of International Law and Economics, 1972-1973. Company-Author: Environmental Law in Real Estate and Business Transactions, Matthew Bender 1992.
"Environmental Crimes," Obermaier and Morvillo, eds. White Collar Crime, Law Journal Seminars Press (1994).
Author: "Keep Risk Reduction Decisions in the Boardroom-The Valdez Principles," The Environmental Forum, March/April, 1990.
Company-Author: "Lender Liability Under CERCLA: Coping with the Eleventh Circuit"s Ruling in Fleet Factors," Banking Law Journal, November/December, 1990, Environmental Audit Handbook, Executive Enterprises, 1987. Member, Board of Editors, Chemical Waste Litigation Reporter, 1986. Environmental Editor, Inside Litigation, 1991.
Member: The District of Columbia Bar.
Federal and American (Member, Environmental Controls Committee, Corporation, Banking and Business Law Section. Vice Chairman, Environmental Quality Control Committee, Section of Administrative Law, 1978-1981) Bar Associations.
United States. Chamber of Commerce (Member, Environment Committee, 1993).
Defense Research Institute (Member, Environmental Law Committee).
Board directors, president Washington Hebrew Congregation. Member executive board American Jewish Committee. Member board overseers Hebrew Union College, since 2004.
Member advisory board George Washington University National Law Center. Fellow American Bar Foundation. Member United States Chamber of Commerce (member environmental committee since 1993), District of Columbia Bar., Federal and American Bar Association (Fellow (American Bar Association), member environmental controls committee, corporation, banking and business law section, vice-chairman environmental quality control committee section administrative law 1978-1981).
Married Sherry Kirschner, September 5, 1970. Children: Douglas, Alexander.