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Barry Berkman

Berkman Bottger Newman & Rodd, LLP
  • Recognized Since:
    2010
  • Recognized in:
    Collaborative Law: Family Law
    Family Law
  • Law School:
    Stanford University
  • Website:
    http://www.berkbot.com
  • E-mail:
    bberkman@berkbot.com
  • Languages:
    English
  • Location:
    521 Fifth Avenue, 31st Floor
    New York, NY 10175
 A founding partner of Berkman Bottger Newman & Rodd, LLP, Barry Berkman received his B.A. degree from Harvard College and his law degree from Stanford University. Specializing in matrimonial law and mediation, he has guided many of his clients to successful, highly satisfactory out-of-court resolutions through the collaborative law process or mediation. He has served on the American Bar Association Task Force on Standards of Practice for Divorce Mediation and has been a member of the Matrimonial Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Family and Divorce Mediation Counsel of Greater New York, and is a co-founder of the New York Collaborative Law Group. Mr. Berkman has taught matrimonial law as an adjunct professor at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and Fordham Law School and teaches mediation at the Center for Mediation in Law. He has made numerous CLE presentations on behalf of the New York, Westchester and Nassau County Bar Associations, as well as the American Bar Association. These activities and his reputation for ethical standards and professional ability among his fellow lawyers have earned him the highest rating, AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated SM by Martindale-Hubbell®. Similarly, Mr. Berkman has been selected by his peers for listing in The Best Lawyers in America 2010 edition and in New York Super Lawyers in 2009 and in 2010. Mr. Berkman recently spoke about collaborative law on National Public Radio' "This American Life." 
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 A founding partner of Berkman Bottger Newman & Rodd, LLP, Barry Berkman received his B.A. degree from Harvard College and his law degree from Stanford University. Specializing in matrimonial law and mediation, he has guided many of his clients to successful, highly satisfactory out-of-court resolutions through the collaborative law process or mediation. He has served on the American Bar Association Task Force on Standards of Practice for Divorce Mediation and has been a member of the Matrimonial Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Family and Divorce Mediation Counsel of Greater New York, and is a co-founder of the New York Collaborative Law Group. Mr. Berkman has taught matrimonial law as an adjunct professor at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and Fordham Law School and teaches mediation at the Center for Mediation in Law. He has made numerous CLE presentations on behalf of the New York, Westchester and Nassau County Bar Associations, as well as the American Bar Association. These activities and his reputation for ethical standards and professional ability among his fellow lawyers have earned him the highest rating, AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated SM by Martindale-Hubbell®. Similarly, Mr. Berkman has been selected by his peers for listing in The Best Lawyers in America 2010 edition and in New York Super Lawyers in 2009 and in 2010. Mr. Berkman recently spoke about collaborative law on National Public Radio' "This American Life." 
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Education:

  • Stanford University , J.D., graduated 1965
  • Harvard University, BA, graduated 1962

Bar Admissions:

  • New York, New York State Bar Association

Affiliations:

  • New York State Bar Association - Member
  • American Bar Association - Former Member on Task Force for Standards of Practice in Mediation
  • Family Divorce and Mediation Council of New York - Member
  • New York Association of Collaborative Professionals - Founding Member

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:

  • Collaborative Law: Family Law
  • Family Law

Areas of Expertise:

  • Prenuptial Agreements
 

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521 Fifth Avenue, 31st Floor
New York, NY 10175
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