Background
Berkson, Maurice was born on January 15, 1880 in Rock Island, Illinois, United States. Son of Simon and Hannah (Sternberg) Berkson.
Berkson, Maurice was born on January 15, 1880 in Rock Island, Illinois, United States. Son of Simon and Hannah (Sternberg) Berkson.
Student Chicago College Law, 1901.
Admitted to Illinois bar, 1901. Partner Fishell & Berkson, Chicago, 1903-1906, Sonnenschein, Blumenthal & Berkson, 1906-1909, Sonnenschein, Berkson, Lautmann, Levinson & Morse, and predecessor, from 1909.
Member American, Illinois State, Chicago bar associations B’nai B’rith.
Married Maude May Gelder, July 28, 1907. Children: Ethel May, John Stephen.