Background
Berk, Michael D. was born on August 4, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Berk, Michael D. was born on August 4, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
University of California, Berkeley (Bachelor of Arts, 1964). University of California at Los Angeles School of Law (Juris Doctor, 1967).
Worked at Pircher, Nichols & Meeks (Los Angeles, California) specializing in Real Estate Litigation, Banking Litigation, Business Litigation, Business Insurance, Business Torts. Admitted to the bar, 1967, California. 1981, District of Columbia.
United States.
Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. United States. District Court, Central, Southern and Eastern Districts of California. Order of the Coif; Phi Delta Phi.
Note and Comment Editor, University of California, Los Angeles Law Review, 1966-1967.
Author: "The Bargaining Lockout: The Great Equalizer," 13 University of California, Los Angeles Law Review 381, 1966. "Darr v. Yellow Cab Company: The Advent of the Consumer Class Action in California," 10 University of San Francisco Law Review 651, 1976.
Company-Author: California Lis Pendens Practice, Second Edition, California Continuing Education of the Bar. Law Clerk to the Honorary Raymond L. Sullivan, California Supreme Court, 1967-1968.
Panelist, Continuing Education of the Bar, Real Property Remedies, 1976 and 1980.
Judge Pro Tem, Los Angeles Municipal Court, 1981. Arbitrator, Superior Court of the State of California, 1981. Member: Los Angeles County Bar Association (Member: Sections on Litigation, Executive Committee, 1985-1988.
Real Property, Real Property Litigation Steering Committee, 1995).
State Bar of California. District of Columbia Bar (inactive).
The Association of Business Trial Lawyers.
Member: Los Angeles County Bar Association (Member: Sections on Litigation, Executive Committee, 1985-1988. Real Property, Real Property Litigation Steering Committee, 1995). State Bar of California.
District of Columbia Bar (inactive).
The Association of Business Trial Lawyers.