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Mr. Bern, a Senior Partner in the firm, graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (B.S., with distinction 1972) and from Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago-Kent College of Law in 1975. Mr. Bern is admitted to practice before the Courts of the States of Wisconsin (1975) and New York (1982). In addition to admissions to practice in the States of New York and Wisconsin, Mr. Bern is admitted to practice before the Federal District Courts in New York, Wisconsin, Arizona and many other jurisdictions. Mr. Bern's legal career spans over 30 years. He has tried more than 100 cases to jury verdict, and has settled hundreds of cases for amounts in excess of $1,000,000; total firm settlements and client recoveries exceed one billion dollars. Mr. Bern is also a member of the Million Dollar Advocates forum.

Mr. Bern has lectured before the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, New York State Trial Lawyers Association, Practicing Law Institute, New York County Lawyers Association, Wisconsin Trial Lawyers Association, Hahnemann Medical College, Mealeys seminars, and Melvin Belli seminars. He is a member of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America; the New York State Trial Lawyers Association; and the Wisconsin Trial Lawyers Association.

Mr. Bern has been profiled in Who's Who in America Law. He has appeared on Court TV as Guest Commentator; on televisions shows including Geraldo Rivera, Phil Donahue, Montel Williams; and on news broadcasts for ABC-TV, NBC-TV and CBS-TV. Additionally, Mr. Bern has been interviewed in the Wall Street Journal; the New York Times; the Philadelphia Enquirer; the New York Post; the New York Daily News; New York Newsday; the Southampton Press and Forbes Magazine.

Practice Areas:
Plaintiffs' catastrophic injury cases, Pharmaceutical Products Liability (DES, Diet Drugs [Fen-phen, Redux and Ephedra]), Rezulin and Baycol; Environmental and other Toxic Torts including MTBE gasoline contamination, Cresote, MGP(manufactured gas plants),PCB, and Mass Torts. Mr. Bern is Co-Liaison Counsel in the World Trade Center Disaster Litigation pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York); and sits on the Plaintiffs' Executive Committee of the MTBE Multi-District Litigation pending in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. He has also litigated gasoline royalties case(s) and securities claims.

Reported Cases:
Cavaliere v. Episcopal Health Services, Inc., 266 A.D.2d 254 (2d Dep't 1999)
Cavaliere v. Episcopal Health Services, Inc. ex rel. St. John's Episcopal Hospital South Shore, 287 A.D.2d 532 (2d Dep't 2001)
Crispo v. Art Student League, 180 Misc.2d 54 (Sup. Ct., NY Cty. 1999)
D'Agostino v. Chersevani, 216 A.D.2d 435 (2d Dep't 1995)
Davies v. Slotkin, 251 A.D.2d 533 (2d Dep't 1998)
McMinn et al vs. Conrail et al, 716 F. Supp. 125 (SDNY 1989)
Putrino-Weiser v. Sharf, 272 A.D.2d 894 (4th Dep't 2000)

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