
Phone: 216-781-5515
Fax: 216-781-1030
hberkson@hcsattys.com
Areas of Practice:
- Securities Litigation
- Business & Commercial
- Products Liability
- Insurance Defense
- Insurance Coverage
- Employment & Trade Secrets
Education:
- University of Texas at Austin, BBA, Finance 1989
- Case Western Reserve University School of Law, J.D. 1994. Order of the Barristers and Ault Mock Trial Team (regional semi-finalist, 1993)
Admitted to Practice:
-State of Ohio, 1989
-Also admitted to U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts, and U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit.
Personal:
Married with children. In his spare time, Hugh tries to log as many miles on his bicycles as he can.
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HUGH D. BERKSON
Hugh is a diversified litigator with experience focused upon securities, commercial, insurance defense, insurance coverage/bad faith, employment and product liability arbitrations and trials. He balances an aggressive approach with a keen understanding of maximizing client value. Hugh works carefully with his clients as the case strategy develops, and believes that such a close relationship allows the client to fully understand the value of their case and be able to make decisions accordingly. While Hugh prides himself on his ability to settle both small and large, complex cases, he has considerable experience taking cases to trial or arbitration with successful results.
PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENTS:
- Adjunct Professor of Law at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, where he runs the school's mock trial program.
- Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association
- Arbitrator, Cuyahoga County Office of Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Cleveland Bar Association
- Ohio State Bar Association
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