Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein, P.C. is pleased to announce that Jessica G. Berman has joined the firm’s Garden City office  as an Associate in the Bankruptcy and Business Reorganization practice. The firm, whose members include Joseph A. Suozzi, former State Supreme Court Judge; Hon. John V.N. Klein, former Suffolk County Executive; Basil A. Paterson, former New York Secretary of State; and Harold Ickes, former White House Deputy Chief of Staff, in the firm founded in 1960 by the late John F. English.

“Jessica Berman supports our firm with a strong professional background in Bankruptcy and Business Reorganization law,” said managing partner, Lois Schlissel. “Her expertise aligns with Meyer Suozzi’s tradition of supplying our clients on Long Island, in New York City, the State, and the region with the finest, most comprehensive representation possible.”

Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Berman was an Associate in the New York office of a large international law firm. Representative matters where she played a role on behalf of debtor, creditor, or investor clients are:  

• Ad hoc group of unsecured claims purchasers of Adelphia Communications Corporation in the Debtor’s adversary proceeding against them, concerning the entity liable on claims against the Debtor;
• Merrill Lynch and Bear Stearns in connection with sub-prime chapter 11 bankruptcy cases: People’s Choice and MLN;
• Enron Corporation and its affiliates as special bankruptcy counsel in connection with Enron’s trading businesses;
• Northwest Airlines Corporation in its chapter 11 cases, as counsel to the Debtor;
• Omnicare, Inc., the nation’s leading pharmaceutical care provider to the elderly, in connection with its collection efforts for the failure to pay invoices for goods and services supplied by Omnicare pharmacies to long term care facilities; and
• A variety of investment and financial institutions regarding the creation of various bankruptcy-remote structures in connection with commercial real estate transactions.

Before that, Ms. Berman worked as a Summer Associate for a boutique litigation firm based in Washington, D.C. and served as a Judicial Intern for Hon. Esther Morgenstern at the Queens County Supreme Court.

Berman received her Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C. She was on the Dean’s List and was the Managing Editor for The Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law. Ms. Berman graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Hunter College where she also received Departmental Honors in Political Science and was a two-time recipient of the Joan Pincus Political Science Award.

Ms. Berman has been admitted to practice law in the State of New York since 2008.