Background
Bergen, Robert was born on January 10, 1948 in Rome, Italy.
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Robert Bergen
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Rutgers University (Bachelor of Arts, 1969). Brooklyn Law School (Juris Doctor, 1973). Spoken languages: Italian.
Career
Worked at Holland & Knight Limited Liability Partnership (Washington, District of Columbia) specializing in General Practice including Administrative Law, Admiralty, Agribusiness, Antitrust, Bankruptcy, Civil and White Collar Criminal Litigation, Commercial Leasing, Computer Law, Construction Law, Environmental and Land Use, Energy, Financial Institutions, General Corporate, Health Care, Housing and Housing Finance, Immigration, Insurance Law, Intellectual Property, International Business, Labor/Employment/Employee Retirement Income Security Act, Legislation, Media Law, Mortgage Banking, Probate and Estate Planning, Public Finance, Real Estate Finance and Development, Securities and Corporate Finance, Taxation (State, Federal and International) and Workers" Compensation. Admitted to the bar, 1974, New New York 1975, United States. District Court, Southern And Eastern Districts of New New York
1976, United States.
Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. 1997, District of Columbia. Company-Author: "Stretching Foreign Dollars: Creative Financing Has Eked Out Government Funds and Lured Private Money to Build Infrastructure," Legal Times, August 12, 1996.
General Counsel, New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority, 1991-1995.
General Counsel, Metro North Commuter Railroad, 1989-1991. Chair, Special Committee on Government Counsel, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 1994-1997.
Adjunct Member, Committee on Transportation. Member, Transit and Intermodal Transportation Law Committee, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council.
Holland & Knight traces its origins in Florida to the 1880"s, and the firm now numbers approximately 500 lawyers in its 12 offices.
Committed to the standards of professional excellence and leadership, the firm values and strongly encourages public service to the nation and to the states and communities in which its lawyers live. Members of the firm have distinguished themselves through service as senator, governor, presidents of the bar associations, elected and appointed positions in local, state and federal governments, and in the judiciary.
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Member, Transit and Intermodal Transportation Law Committee, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council.
