Background
Berko, Michele-Lee was born on June 18, 1968 in Kearny, New Jersey, United States.
Berko, Michele-Lee was born on June 18, 1968 in Kearny, New Jersey, United States.
Drew University (Bachelor of Arts, with specialized honors in philosophy, summa cum laude, 1990). Dickinson School of Law (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1993). Spoken languages: Spanish.
Worked at Sills Cummis Zuckerman Radin Tischman Epstein & Gross, A Professional, Corporation (Newark, New Jersey) specializing in Litigation, White Collar Criminal Defense, Shareholder Oppression Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Criminal Investigations. Admitted to the bar, 1993, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and United States. District Court, District of New Jersey.
1996, United States.
District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Phi Beta Kappa; Woolsack Honor Society. Garden State Scholar.
Member: J. Braxton Craven Constitutional Law Moot Court Team.
Appellate Moot Court Board. Senior Editor, Dickinson Law Review.
Recipient: Doctorate. Arthur Maganizer Human Services Award. I. Emanuel Meyers Award, Appellate Advocacy.
Harry East. Kalodner Memorial Award, Criminal Law.
Honorary Gwilyn A. Prices, Junior Memorial Award, Legal Writing and Appellate Advocacy. Phi Alpha Delta Legal Writing Award. Author: "Retribution and the Death Penalty," internal publication, Drew University Library.
"Preserving the Sixth Amendment Rights of the Deaf Criminal Defendant," 97 Dick.
L. R. 191 (1992). Law Clerk to Honorary Herman Doctorate. Michels, Presiding Judge, New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division, 1993-1994. Member: New Jersey State, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations.
Member: J. Braxton Craven Constitutional Law Moot Court Team. Appellate Moot Court Board. Senior Editor, Dickinson Law Review.