Our Team


June Park
Associate
Julia Sandler
Associate
Tyler Van Put
Associate
Michael Kalmus
Of Counsel
Liz Berney
Of Counsel
Frank Karam
Of Counsel
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Tel: 212.880.9567
Fax: 917.591.5245
lberney@fleischmanlawfirm.com
Education
J.D., University of Chicago, 1978
B.A., Cornell University, 1975,
  with honors
Admissions
New York
Pennsylvania
U.S. District Court, Eastern
  District of Michigan
U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
U.S. Tax Court
U.S. Court of Federal Claims
U.S. Supreme Court
Liz Berney
Of Counsel
Liz Berney is a highly experienced litigator who has worked at national plaintiffs’ firms as well as Dewey Ballantine and Gilbert, Segall and Young. Her practice focuses on complex financial, employment and commercial litigation. Liz also has wide experience in fraud investigations. Ms. Berney has worked on numerous large, complex commercial and financial litigations, including Enron Corporation Securities Litigation (S.D. Tex.), In re Xerox Corporation Securities Litigation (D. Conn.), and In re Yahoo Derivative Shareholder Litigation (Del. Ch.). Most recently, she has represented hedge funds and large private investors in connection with art and financial fraud.

In addition to co-authoring Restoring Investor Trust in Auditing Standards and Accounting Principles, Harvard Journal of Legislation (Winter 2004), Ms. Berney has also served as guest lecturer at Cardozo Law School, Harvard Law School, and been featured as a panelist for the Women’s National Book Association. Ms. Berney maintains her own media law practice, where she negotiates contracts for notable authors.

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