Background
Berkley, Emily Carolan was born on March 2, 1950 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Daughter of Charles Garvice and Edna Gray (Berkley) Broom.
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Emily Carolan Berkley
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Student, College of William and Mary, 1968-1970; Bachelor of Science in Psychology cum laude, Tufts U., 1972; Juris Doctor magna cum laude, Temple University, 1977.
Career
Partner, Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll LLP, Philadelphia, since 1977. Seminar panelist Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 1992, 98, Practicing Law Institute, 1993,94, 95, 96, 97, 98.
Achievements
Membership
Member long range planning committee Performing Arts for Tredyffrin-EasttownSch. District, Berwyn, Pennsylvania, 1989, chair subcommittee on creativity, futures committee, 1990. Active United Way, 1989-1991.
Board directors Devon-Strafford Little League, 1992-1995. Fellow American Bar Foundation. Member American Bar Association (member commission on legal opinions, member Uniform Commercial Code committee, chair task force on exportation of Uniform Commercial Code 1995-1997, vice chair international commercial law subcommittee since 1997, business law section liaison to the United States Secretary of State's advisory Committee on Private International Law since 1998, member commercial finance services committee, vice chairman interest and usury subcommittee 1989-1993, panelist satellite seminar fundamentals of assetbased financing 1990, instructor Control and Eastern European law initiative 1993, international law section), American College Commercial Finance Lawyers (member board regents since 1993), American Law Institute, Pennsylvania Bar Association (member steering committee, legalopinions drafting group, member real estate opinion project, chair Article 9 committee business law section), Philadelphia Bar assosiation, New York TriBar Opinion Committee.
Connections
Married Richard E. Bird, September 6, 1969 (divorced March 1988). Children: Jessica A. Bird, Martel J.Bird.
