2011 Super Lawyers Pro Bono Award
Attorney Profile

Harvey C. Berger

Harvey Berger

Pope, Berger & Williams, LLP
3555 Fifth Avenue, Suite 300
San Diego, CA 92103

San Diego

California (CA)

T: 619-234-1222
F: 619-236-9677

Practice Areas

Employment & Labor

Business Litigation

Personal Injury Defense: General

Selected To

• San Diego Super Lawyers 2011
• San Diego Super Lawyers 2010
• San Diego Super Lawyers 2009
• San Diego Super Lawyers 2008
• San Diego Super Lawyers 2007

Profile

Harvey C. Berger is a partner at Pope, Berger & Williams, LLP, a San Diego law firm focusing on employment law and civil litigation. In a career spanning more than 25 years, Harvey has represented individuals, small businesses and billion-dollar corporations in all aspects of civil litigation, but with a particular emphasis on cases involving employment law. As part of this practice, Harvey represents employees and employers alike in lawsuits, class actions, mediations, arbitrations and labor commissioner hearings. Harvey also provides employment law and compliance counsel to employers, and he is available to privately arbitrate and mediate cases as well.

Harvey holds a bachelor's degree in economics from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, a master's degree in management from M.I.T. and a Juris Doctor from the University of San Diego's School of Law. He is a frequently featured speaker on wage and hour issues and other employment topics at legal seminars, and he is an active member of several professional organizations, including the California Employment Lawyers Association and National Employment Lawyers Association. Harvey holds an AV Preeminent* peer review rating through Martindale-Hubbell, has repeatedly been peer voted as one of the area's best employment law attorneys and has received numerous other professional honors.

*AV Preeminent and BV Distinguished are certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell peer review ratings fall into two categories: legal ability and general ethical standards.

International Locations

Countries: Latvia


About Harvey Berger

Law School: University of San Diego School of Law

Admitted: 1982, California

Professional Webpage: www.popeberger.com/bio_berger.html

Honors and Awards:

  • Southern California's Best Lawyers, 2008

Bar/Professional Activity:

  • Board of Directors, San Diego County Bar Association Lawyer Referral Service (LRIS) 2009 - 2011
  • American Association for Justice
  • Consumer Attorneys of San Diego and Lawyers Club of San Diego
  • San Diego Defense Lawyers Association
  • Society for Human Resource Management
  • California Employment Lawyers Association
  • San Diego County Bar Association
  • American Bar Association
  • State Bar of California

Pro bono/Community Service:

  • Harvey taught Arbitration and Litigation in Latvia as a volunteer in 2010, and will be teaching the same subjects in Hungary in 2011.

Verdicts and Settlements:

  • Over $50 million recovered for clients.

Educational Background:

  • State University of New York, Stony Brook - B.A. in Economics, 1974
  • MIT Sloan School of Management,  M.S. in Management, 1976
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