Background
Bergman, Edward Jonathan was born on August 10, 1942 in Jersey City. Son of Abe and Ethel (Leitner) Bergman.
Bergman, Edward Jonathan was born on August 10, 1942 in Jersey City. Son of Abe and Ethel (Leitner) Bergman.
University of Pennsylvania (Bachelor of Arts, with honors, 1963). Columbia University (Juris Doctor, 1966). Lecturer in Public Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, 1990.
Panelist, Harold R. Medina, Judicial Conference, Princeton University, 1990.
Certified Arbitrator, American Arbitration Association. Public Defender Princeton Borough, since 1986.
Public Defender, Princeton Township, 1989. Trustee, Princeton Ballet, since 1985.
Worked at Bergman & Barrett (Princeton, New Jersey) specializing in General Civil and Criminal Litigation, Estate Administration, Personal Injury, Contract, Corporate, Partnership, Matrimonial, Mediation and Arbitration, Municipal Court, Workers Compensation, Employment. Admitted to the bar, 1974, New Jersey. Teaching: Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School, 1990-1992.
University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School, Department of Legal Studies, 1995.
University of California at Berkeley/Saint St. Petersburg University Joint Management Program (Russia), 1995. Institute for Dispute Resolution, Seton Hall University Law School, 1996.
Lectures and Symposia: Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania, 1994. Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, 1993.
State University of New York, College at New Paltz, 1992.
Federal Practice Update, Mediation and Arbitration in the United States. District Court, NJSBA Federal Practice & Procedure Committee, 1994. Panelist, Harold R. Medina, Judicial Conference, Princeton University, 1990.
Certifications: Mediator, United States District Court, District of New Jersey, 1992.
Mediator, New Jersey Superior Court, 1995. Arbitrator, American Arbitration Association.
Professional and Civic: Public Defender Princeton Borough, 1986. Public Defender, Princeton Township, 1989-1991, 1993.
Trustee, Princeton Ballet, 1985-1991.
Executive Board, Penn Basketball Club, 1996. Member: Princeton (President, 1986-1987), Mercer County, New Jersey State and American (Member, Section on Dispute Resolution, Mediation Committee. Chairman, Subcommittee on Court Annexed Mediation) Bar Associations.
Society for Professionals in Dispute Resolutions.
National Institute of Dispute Resolution. Bergman & Barrett is a general practice firm with an emphasis on litigation, mediation and business matters.
The firm maintains a special interest and level of expertise in alternative dispute resolution, including mediation of complex disputes, negotiation and arbitration.
Trustee Princeton Ballet, 1942-1992, Arts Council Princeton, since 1998. Member American Bar Association (secretary on dispute resolution, mediation committee, chairman subcommittee on court- annexed mediation), New Jersey Bar Association, Mercer County Bar Association, Princeton Bar Association (president 1986-1987), National Institute for Dispute Resolution, Society Professional in Dispute Resolution, Penn Basketball Club (Executive Board since 1995), Penn Club New York.
Married Jennifer Shapiro, February 1, 1969 (divorced). Children: Peter Jeremy, Jennifer Amy.