Andrew S. Berns
Partner
Andrew S. Berns is a partner of the firm who joined Einhorn Harris in 2006. Mr. Berns is the Chair of the firm's Commercial Litigation practice and as such oversees the firm's non-matrimonial litigation practice areas, which include commercial litigation, employment law, personal injury, workers' compensation and construction litigation. He has recently been honored by Governor Chris Christie with an appointment to Chair the New Jersey State Ethics Commission. Read the Question/Answer Interview in the Daily Record, October 10, 2010.
Mr. Berns has significant personal experience in litigating complex commercial cases, employment matters and personal injury cases and has tried cases in the United States Federal District Court for the District of New Jersey, Superior Court of New Jersey, Law and Chancery Divisions, and the New Jersey Administrative Law Courts.
Mr. Berns maintains trial experience in the following areas: defamation; personal injury; medical and accounting malpractice; products liability, both plaintiff and defense; complex commercial disputes; will contests and other probate matters; construction litigation; employment law and litigation involving professional, medical, accounting and legal entities.
Mr. Berns represented one of two successful plaintiffs in a defamation suit that produced one of the largest private judgments awarded for defamation in New Jersey history.
Mr. Berns also maintains a practice in the area of Alternate Dispute Resolution. He is a Rule 1:40 Qualified Mediator and has participated in multi-party litigation in State and Federal Courts resulting in multi-million dollar settlements in complex commercial matters, through Arbitration, Mediation and as an advocate on behalf of commercial clients.Practice Areas [ expand ]
Litigation Percentage [ expand ]
- 95% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Certifications [ expand ]
- Rule 1:40 Qualified Mediator
Bar Admissions [ expand ]
- New Jersey, 1987
- U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 1987
Education [ expand ]
- Seton Hall University School of Law, Newark, New Jersey, 1987, J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
- Rutgers the State University of New Jersey, Rutgers College, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1984 - High Honors
Representative Cases [ expand ]
- Represented one of two plaintiffs in a defamation suit that produced one of the largest judgments awarded for defamation in New Jersey history, Almog et. al v. Israel Travel Advisory Service, Inc., et al., 298 N.J. Super. 145 (App. Div. 1997), certif. granted, 151 N.J. 463 (1997), certif. denied as improvidently granted, 152 N.J. 361 (1998), cert. den. ___ U.S. ___ (1999).
Representative Clients [ expand ]
- Veolia Environment
- Muller Chevrolet
- Center For Medical Weight Loss
- Mackenzie Keck, Inc.
- Tessler & Weiss/Premesco, Inc.
Professional Membership and Associations [ expand ]
- Chair the New Jersey State Ethics Commission
- N.J. Bar Assn. Mediation and Employment Sections, 2000 - Present, Member
- Morris County Bar Association
Past Employment Positions [ expand ]
- Whipple, Ross & Hirsh, P.C., Associate, 1987-1992
- Lampf, Lipkind, Prupis & Petigrow, P.A., Partner, 1992-2004
- Carroll Mcnulty Kull, LLC, Of Counsel, 2004-2006
Pro Bono Activities [ expand ]
- Volunteer Mentor in R. 1:40 Compulsory Mediation Program, 2000-Present
- Board of Directors and Volunteer Legal Counsel, Parsippany Police Althletic League, 2006-Present