Hugh D. Berkson
Hugh Berkson who, like Tony and Jay, is rated AV® Preeminent™ by Martindale-Hubbell®,obtained a business degree in Finance from the University of Texas at Austin in 1989, and is a 1994 graduate of Case Western Reserve University School of Law, where he was a member of the Order of the Barristers and received both the American Jurisprudence Award, (National Mock Trial) in 1993 and the Jonathan M. Ault Mock Trial Prize for 1993-1994. Hugh later served as an Adjunct Professor of Law at the CWRU School of Law, where he taught trial practice from 1995-2004.
After gaining extensive trial experience in both business and personal injury litigation, Hugh decided in 2000 to join Tony and Jay in the representation of injured investors. He tries and arbitrates investment cases and also puts his finance background to good use by performing much of our technical analysis. Hugh recently was elected to his first term as a member of the Board of Directors of the Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (PIABA), an international legal association composed of practitioners who represent investors in disputes with the securities industry. He regularly participates as both a moderator and panelist at PIABA’s national meetings and seminars and also has been a panelist at the annual nationally simulcasted PLI Securities Arbitration Program in New York City.
