Mark A. Berman, Esq.

Mark A. Berman is a 1986 graduate of Columbia College. He is also a 1990 magna cum laude graduate of Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where he was a member of the Moot Court Board and was awarded the Order of the Barrister.

Prior to joining the predecessor to Ganfer & Shore, LLP, he was an associate in the general litigation department at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and clerked for United States Magistrate Judge Michael L. Orenstein for the Eastern District of New York.

Mr. Berman has extensive experience in securities and general commercial litigation. He is a member of the Litigation Section of the American Bar Association. He is also a member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, the Federal Bar Council Second Circuit Courts Committee, and the Commercial Division Law Reporter Committee of the New York State Bar Association. He is named in New York Super Lawyers.

Mr. Berman is a member of the New York State Unified Court System E-Discovery Working Group.  He is also the Secretary of the E-Discovery Committee of the Commercial and Federal Litigation Section of the New York State Bar Association.

Mr. Berman is the author of E-Discovery in New York State, New York Law Journal, June 22, 2005; Forensic Inspection of Computer Hard Drives Under New York Law, New York Law Journal, September 1, 2005; Are Private E-Mails Really Private?, New York Law Journal, October 7, 2005; The Information Trail, New York Law Journal, December 27, 2005; Preservation of Electronic Information by Nonparties under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act, American Bar Association, Securities Litigation Journal, Winter 2006; Can ‘Intangible’ Electronic ‘Property’ Be ‘Converted’ in N.Y.?, New York Law Journal, April 26, 2006; The ‘Long-Arm Statute,’ New York Law Journal, August 22, 2006; Developments in New York Electronic Discovery, New York Law Journal, October 27, 2006; Spoliation of Electronically Stored Information, New York Law Journal, March 20, 2007; Duty to Preserve and Preservations Orders Under N.Y. Law, New York Law Journal, June 14, 2007; On ‘Metadata,’ Instant Messaging and Bates Stamping, New York Law Journal, August 31, 2007; ”Scope Limits in E-Discovery Under Recent State Decisions,” New York Law Journal, October 29, 2007; “Changes in Law on Electronically Stored Information,” New York Law Journal, February 14, 2008;  “The ‘Power’ of E-Mails and Text Messages,” New York Law Journal, June 19, 2008; ‘Electronic’ Defamation: Difficulties Identifying Source, New York Law Journal, August 28, 2008: Interactive Web Sites And New York Jurisdiction, New York Law Journal, January 27, 2009: Long-Arm Jurisdiction, E-Mail and Web Sites, New York Law Journal, March 31, 2009, Counsel Must Take Active Role In Preserving, Retrieving ESI, New York Law Journal, June 2, 2009; State Courts and the Federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, New York Law Journal, July 28, 2009;Recent Decisions Stress Need to Preserve Electronic Data, New York Law Journal, September 22, 2009; Rulings Address Defamation On Interactive Sites, in E-Mail, New York Law Journal, November 24, 2009; Cases Stress Need to Be Clear On Storage, Retention Policies, New York Law Journal, January 5, 2010; N.Y. Courts Embrace Use Of E-Communication Discovery, New York Law Journal, March 2, 2010; Recent Decisions Tackle Electronic Defamation, New York Law Journal, May 4, 2010; Expectations of Privacy In E-Mail Communications, New York Law Journal, July 6, 2010;Courts Still Wary of Granting Hard Drive Review Requests, New York Law Jounal, September 7, 2010; The Ethics of Social Networking Discovery,New York Law Journal, November 2, 2010; Case Law Remains Unclear As to Who Pays for What?, New York Law Journal, January 4, 2011; Overbroad Demands and Improper Denials, New York Law Journal, March 1, 2011; Now That Everything Is Collected, How to Produce It?, New York Law Journal, March 21, 2011; Recent Rulings Focus On Spoiliation of ESI, New York Law Journal May 3, 2011.

Practicing: Read Mark's BioArbitration, Business Litigation, Commercial Real Estate Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Complex Commercial Litigation, Corporate Litigation, Financial Services Law, Civil Litigation, Complex Litigation, Family Partnerships, Trade Secret Misappropriation, Unfair Competition