Andrew S. Berman

Young, Berman, Karpf & Gonzalez, P.A.
17071 West Dixie Highway
North Miami Beach, FL 33160
Phone: (305) 945-1851
Fax: (305) 940-4616
E-mail: aberman@ybkglaw.com

Andrew S.  Berman was born in New York, New York. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Brandeis University in 1980 and his Juris Doctor from the University of Miami, graduating cum laude in 1983.

Mr. Berman is a Board Certified Appellate Practice Lawyer by the Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education.

Mr. Berman has been nationally recognized by Naifeh & Smith's "The Best Lawyers in America," Seaview Putnam; 2006- 2009 and named in Florida Super Lawyers 2006-2009. AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell and listed in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, Mr. Berman has been distinguished through peer review as having attained the highest level of legal ability and professional standards of conduct, ethics, reliability and diligence.

Areas of Practice:

1. Complex Commercial Litigation
2. Appellate Practice
3. Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility
4. Professional Negligence
5. Health Care Litigation
6. Business Torts
7. Probate Litigation

Bar Admissions:

1. Florida and U.S. District Court
2. Southern District of Florida
3. U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
4. U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
5. U.S. Supreme Court

Education:

1. University of Miami, J.D., cum laude
2. Brandeis University, B.A.

Memberships:

1. Ancillary Business Special Committee, 2003–present
2. Dade County and American (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations
3. The Florida Bar (Member, Committees on: Appellate Court Rules, 1993-2002, 2006–present; Professional Ethics, 1996-2004; Vice-Chair, 1997-1998; Ethics 2000 Review Panel, Special Committee to Review the ABA Model Rules, 2001; Professionalism, 2004– 2006)
4. ABA Center for Professional Responsibility
5. Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers (Director, 1998-2000)
6. Spellman/Hoeveler American Inns of Court (Vice President/Treasurer, 1996-2001; President, 2002-2004)
7. AV Peer Review Rated by Martindale Hubbell, selected into the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers 

Lectures:

• "Legal Ethics," American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, FL Chapter, 28th Annual Institute, May, 2006
• "Ethics & Professionalism in Litigation," Dade County Defense Bar Association, February, 2004
• Masters Seminar of Professional Ethics, Florida Bar CLE, 2003
• "Ethical Compliance in a Multi-State Practice; Avoiding the Abyss," Florida Bar Out of State Practitioners Division, June, 2002
• "Ethics Issues for Multi-state Practitioners," Florida Bar Out of State Practitioners Division, June, 2001
• "Preservation of Issues for Appellate Review," Florida Bar Continuing Legal Education Committee, 1999
• "Oversight or Invasion...Who's In Charge?" (balancing a lawyer's duty and judgment regarding carriers and clients)
• Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers, August 1999, Atlanta; "What Happens When Lawyers Get Together" (ethics and liabilities when lawyers associate)