Steve Berk has an extensive range of litigation experience spanning both the private and public sectors. He was a partner in the Washington office of Jenner & Block, where he was lead trial counsel in a number of commercial cases in federal and state courts. His substantive expertise includes federal and state regulatory issues, antitrust litigation and counseling; internal corporate investigations; and white-collar criminal defense. He also spearheaded a successful nationwide litigation and legislative campaign to enable certified Public Accountants to concurrently serve as Certified Financial Planners and sell securities to their clients. In doing so, he became a recognized expert on ethical and conflict of interest rules governing the accounting profession.

Before joining Jenner & Block, Steve served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia. As a federal prosecutor, he was trial counsel in over 25 jury trials in the Federal District Court and Superior Court for the District of Columbia. He also prepared and presented several appellate cases before the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals and the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, and conducted numerous investigations and cases to state and federal grand juries.

Steve also served as a Trial Attorney for the Securities and Exchange Commission. In that position, he prosecuted cases against professionals (accountants and attorneys) practicing before the Commission under Rule 2(e) and represented the Commission in federal court on a number of administrative matters.

Over the past four years Steve has rapidly developed considerable expertise in class action litigation. He has been named lead counsel or has had a substantial leadership position in a series of nationally significant product defect and consumer fraud cases.

Steve also served as class counsel to tens of thousands of African-American residents of public housing in Dade County Florida, in a Fair Housing case that was successfully resolved with the Department of Housing and Urban Development and Miami-Dade County.

In addition to his legal career, Steve has gained significant experience in the world of business and technology by founding and operating his own company, iHappen interactive. Under his direction, the company developed an award-winning and innovative software application used in online marketing.

Steve is active in his community and pursues a range of charitable endeavors. He was a founding volunteer at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum where for a number of years he provided private tours and worked with holocaust survivors on documenting their experiences. He has for several years coached youth baseball and soccer teams and most recently founded and currently runs a hockey program, the Cheetahs, for children with autism and other special needs. Steve has studied painting and drawing at the Corcoran School of Art and in his spare time Steve enjoys painting landscapes.

Steve graduated magna cum laude from Boston College School of law in 1985, where he served as Managing Editor of the Law Review. He has a M.Sc. from the London School of Economics in International Relations and an A.B. with honors from Washington University.