Kenneth R. Berman

Background

Berman, Kenneth R. was born in 1952.

Education

Yale University (Bachelor of Arts, 1974). University of Connecticut (Juris Doctor, with high honors, 1977).

Career

Worked at Sherin and Lodgen LLP (Boston, MA) specializing in General Civil Practice. Banking, Business, Computer, Construction, Creditors' Rights and Bankruptcy, Environment, Estate Planning and Probate, Labor, Litigation and Appeals in all Courts, Products Liability, Real Estate, Commercial Leasing and Lending, Securities, Taxation, Maritime Law, Trade Regulation and Antitrust Law. Admitted to the bar, 1977, Massachusetts.

1978, United States. District Court, District of Massachusetts. 1980, United States. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. 1985, United States. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

1991, United States. Supreme Court. Note and Comment Editor, Connecticut Law Review, 1976-1977. Author: "Segregated Academies, Section 1981, and an Exemption for Truly Private Groups: McCrary v.

Runyon," 8 Connecticut Law Review 571, 1976. "Sovereign Immunity: State Liability Under Federal Law and Limits of the Implied Waiver Doctrine," 9 Connecticut Law Review 247, 1977. "The Four Hour Deposition," Litigation, The Journal of the Section of Litigation, American Bar Association, Volume 19, No.

3, Spring, 1993; "Q: Is This Any Way to Write An Interrogatory?, A: You Bet It Is," Litigation The Journal of The Section of Litigation, American Bar Association, Volume 19, No. 4, Summer, 1993; "Snatching Victory: Arguing to Win," Litigation the Journal of the Section of Litigation, American Bar Association, Volume 21, No. 2, Winter 1995; "So You Think O.J. Got Away With Murder?" Boston Globe, October 8, 1995.

"Trial and Error: A Review of Reasonable Doubts by Alan Dershowitz," Boston Globe, March 10, 1996. Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Handling Federal Discovery, James Publishing, Inc., 1995. Member: Boston (Chair, Litigation Section), Massachusetts (Member, Litigation Section) and American (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations.

A Firm of over 40 attorneys, Sherin and Lodgen LLP is one of Boston's oldest firms and practices in the areas shown above.

Works

• Other Work

  • Author: "Segregated Academies, Section 1981, and an Exemption for Truly Private Groups: McCrary v. Runyon," 8 Connecticut Law Review 571, 1976. "Sovereign Immunity: State Liability Under Federal Law and Limits of the Implied Waiver Doctrine," 9 Connecticut Law Review 247, 1977.
    
    "The Four Hour Deposition," Litigation, The Journal of the Section of Litigation, American Bar Association, Volume 19, No. 3, Spring, 1993

  • "Q: Is This Any Way to Write An Interrogatory?, A: You Bet It Is," Litigation The Journal of The Section of Litigation, American Bar Association, Volume 19, No. 4, Summer, 1993

  • "Snatching Victory: Arguing to Win," Litigation the Journal of the Section of Litigation, American Bar Association, Volume 21, No.
    
    2, Winter 1995

  • "So You Think O.J. Got Away With Murder?" Boston Globe, October 8, 1995. "Trial and Error: A Review of Reasonable Doubts by Alan Dershowitz," Boston Globe, March 10, 1996.

Membership

Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Handling Federal Discovery, James Publishing, Inc., 1995. Member: Boston (Chair, Litigation Section), Massachusetts (Member, Litigation Section) and American (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations.