Attorney Profile

Cynthia C. Berger

Cynthia Berger

Berger and Green
800 Waterfront Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Pittsburgh

Pennsylvania (PA)

T: 412-661-1400

Practice Areas

Social Security Disability

Selected To

• 2012 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers — Pittsburgh
• Pennsylvania Super Lawyers 2011
No Rising Stars publication in 2009

Profile

Cindy Berger is a founding partner of Berger and Green in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She represents individuals throughout western Pennsylvania in all aspects of Social Security Disability (SSD) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI). From filing initial applications to appealing denied claims, she seeks to help her clients obtain the benefits they need to maintain a quality standard of living.

Before founding Berger and Green, Ms. Berger worked as a staff attorney for the Pittsburgh Social Security Office of Hearings and Appeals. Throughout her career, she has evaluated more than 50,000 SSD claims within the tri-state area. Due to her experience, she has lectured on a variety of subjects concerning Social Security Disability at conventions of the National Organization of Social Security Claimants Representatives (NOSSCR), the Pennsylvania Bar Association, the Federal Bar Association, the National Business Institute, and the Allegheny County Bar Association (ACBA).

Ms. Berger is the Chairperson of the ACBA Social Security Practitioners Committee, and serves on the board of directors of the NOSSCR as the Treasurer. She is also a fellow of the Allegheny County Bar Foundation and an active member of the NOSSCR, the American Bar Association, the American Association for Justice, the Pennsylvania Association for Justice and the Western Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association.

About Cynthia Berger

Law School: University of Pittsburgh School of Law

Admitted: 1975, Pennsylvania

Professional Webpage: www.bergerandgreen.com/Attorneys/Cynthia-C-Berger.shtml

Honors and Awards:

  • Fellow, Allegheny County Bar Foundation

Bar/Professional Activity:

  • Treasurer, NOSSCR
  • Lawyer, Pennsylvania Social Security Disability
  • Member, Western Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association
  • Member, Pennsylvania Association For Justice (PaAJ)
  • Member, American Association for Justice
  • Member, Federal Bar Association
  • Board of Directors, National Organization of Social Security Claimants Representatives
  • Chairperson, Allegheny County Bar Association
  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit
  • U.S. District Court Western District of Pennsylvania
  • Pennsylvania, 1975

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

  • Lecturer, Social Security Disability, Allegheny County Bar Association
  • Lecturer, Social Security Disability, National Business Institute
  • Lecturer, Social Security Disability, Federal Bar Association
  • Lecturer, Social Security Disability, Pennsylvania Bar Association
  • Lecturer, Social Security Disability, National Organization of Social Security Claimants Representatives

Educational Background:

  • University of Pittsburgh, B.A., 1972
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