2011 Super Lawyers Pro Bono Award
Attorney Profile

Laurie Berke-Weiss

Laurie Berke-Weiss

Berke-Weiss & Pechman LLP
488 Madison Avenue, 11th Floor
New York, NY 10022

New York

New York (NY)

T: 212-583-9500
F: 212-308-8582
Industry Groups: American Bar Association, New York City Bar Association, New York State Bar Association, New York Women's Bar Association

Practice Areas

Employment & Labor

General Litigation

Business/Corporate

Selected To

• New York Super Lawyers 2011 - Metro Edition
• New York Super Lawyers 2010 - Metro
• New York Super Lawyers 2009 - Metro
• New York Super Lawyers 2008 - Metro
• New York Super Lawyers 2007 - Metro
• New York Super Lawyers 2006 - Metro

Profile

Experienced attorney Laurie Berke-Weiss handles employment matters, commercial disputes and transactions for a variety of businesses, corporations and other entities in the state of New York. A partner in the preeminent New York City law firm of Berk-Weiss & Pechman LLP, she holds a J.D. from Fordham University School of Law and a Master's degree in Industrial Relations from Rutger's University.

Laurie Berke-Weiss is a passionate writer and lecturer in the areas of employment discrimination, law practice management and ethics. She has held key leadership positions with several prominent associations, including the New York Women's Bar Association and the New York Women's Bar Association Foundation, Inc. Currently, she is a member of the New York State Bar House of Delegates, the Cornell University Council and the President's Council of Cornell Women.

In 2010, Laurie Berke-Weiss received the Judge William Groat Alumni Award from the Cornell School of Industrial and Labor Relations. The award recognized her professional work and exemplary service to her undergraduate alma mater. She has been admitted to practice in the Second Circuit and Southern and Eastern District courts of New York and the United States Supreme Court.

About Laurie Berke-Weiss

Law School: Fordham University School of Law

Admitted: 1984, New York

Professional Webpage: bwp-law.com/our-firm/employment-attorneys#Laurie--Berke-Weis...

Honors and Awards:

  • "Best Lawyer", Employment and Labor Law
  • "Judge William Groat Alumni Award", Cornell's School of Industrial and Labor Relations

Bar/Professional Activity:

  • Director, New York Women's Bar Association Foundation, Inc.
  • Past President, New York Women's Bar Association
  • Member, Advisory Board of the New York  University School of Law Center for Labor and Employment Law
  • Member, President's Council of Cornell Women
  • Member, Cornell University Council
  • Member, New York State Bar House of Delegates
  • Past Chair, New York City Bar Executive Committee & Audit Committee
  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
  • New York

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

  • Lecturer in the areas of Employment Discrimination, Law Practice Management and Ethics

Educational Background:

  • Rutgers University, Master's Degree in Industrial Relations
  • Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations - B.S.
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