Civil & Criminal Litigators in Manhattan

Attorney Profiles

Michael G. Berger, Principal

Email:  mgberger@mgberger.com

Practice Areas:

Admitted to practice:

• New York State Bar (1974)
• U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit (1975)
• U.S. Supreme Court (1980)

Education:

• Columbia University, Juris Doctor, 1973
• Yale University, Bachelor of Science, 1968

Member:

• American Bar Association;
• New York State Bar Association
• The Association of the Bar of the City of New York
• Federal Bar Council
• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

Biography:

• Listed in: Marquis Who's Who in America; Who's Who in the World
• New York Metro Super Lawyers
• Assistant District Attorney, New York County, 1973-1976
• Arbitrator, American Arbitration Association, 1994-Present
• Member, Board of Consultants, Handling a Criminal Case in New York (Thomson/West 2007)

Selected reported cases: Longo v. Breda Transportation, Inc., 2008 WL 852052 (S.D.N.Y. 2008); Gardiner v. J.W. Townsend and Company, Inc. and John W. Townsend, Index No. 602002/03 (Sup CT NY Cty 2008); Roundabout Theatre Company, Inc. v. Continental Casualty Company, and J & H Marsh & McLennan, Inc., 775 N.Y.S.2d 857 (1st Dep't 2004); Belin v. Weissler, 1998 WL 39114 (S.D.N.Y. 1998); Jones v. Trump, 1997 WL 277375 (S.D.N.Y. 1997); Purgess v. Sharrock and Hospital for Special Surgery, 33 F.3d 134 (2d Cir. 1994); Cohen v. Republic of the Philippines, 146 F.R.D. 90 (S.D.N.Y. 1993); U.S. v. Ianniello, 824 F.2d 203 (2d Cir. 1987); Taylor v. Willie Nelson and Family, 788 F.2d 220 (4th Cir. 1986); Mister Vee Productions, Inc. v. LeBlanc, 491 F.Supp. 493 (S.D.N.Y. 1980)

Representative clients:

ISLN:

• 909089632

Miriam J. Haines, Of Counsel

Practice areas:

Admitted to practice:

• New York State Bar (1975)
• U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit

Education:

• Columbia University, Juris Doctor 1974
• Barnard College, Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1971

Biography:

• Phi Beta Kappa.
• Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.
• Author: "Landlords or Tenants: Who Bears the Costs of Crime?" 2 Cardozo Law Review 299 (1981).
• New York Law School – Assistant Professor, 1976-1980; Associate Professor, 1980-1981; and Adjunct Associate Professor, 1981-1987

Ann-Marie Tesar, Associate

Admitted to practice:

• New York State Bar (2007)

Education:

• Columbia University, B.A., 2001
• Fordham University, J.D., 2005

Call 212-983-6000 for Manhattan civil & criminal litigators.