Background
Berger, Max W. was born on July 26, 1946 in Bronx, New York, United States.
Berger, Max W. was born on July 26, 1946 in Bronx, New York, United States.
City College of the City University of New York (Bachelor of Business Administration, 1968). Columbia University (Juris Doctor, 1971).
Worked at Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann (New York, New York) specializing in Commercial Litigation including Securities, Antitrust, Consumer Fraud and Employment Discrimination, Class and Derivative Actions in all State and Federal Courts. Admitted to the bar, 1972, New New York Beta Alpha Psi. Editor, Columbia Survey of Human Rights Law, 1970-1971.
Member of Faculty, Practising Law Institute, 1988.
Board of Visitors, Columbia Law School, 1991. Teacher, "Profession at Law," Columbia Law School, 1994.
Member: New York State and American Bar Associations. Federal Bar Council; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Chairman, Commercial Litigation Section, 1983-1984.
Member, Amicus Curiae Committee, 1983-1984).
Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann Limited Liability Partnership prosecutes class and private actions nationwide on behalf of individual and institutional clients. The firm"s litigation practice is principally in the areas of securities class actions in federal and state courts, corporate governance litigation including claims for breach of fiduciary duty and proxy violations, as well as in prosecuting complex consumer claims, violations of federal anti-discrimination law and toxic tort litigation. In those cases where we have served as either lead counsel or as a member of plaintiffs" executive committee, the firm has recovered sums approaching two billion dollars, often successfully advancing novel and socially beneficial principles.
In this connection, we have developed important new law in the areas in which we litigate.
We also handle, on behalf of major institutional clients and lenders, more general complex commercial litigation involving allegations of breach of contract, accountants" liability, breach of fiduciary duty, fraud and negligence.
Member: New York State and American Bar Associations. Federal Bar Council; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Chairman, Commercial Litigation Section, 1983-1984. Member, Amicus Curiae Committee, 1983-1984).