Berger Legal Announces Formation of Litigation Practice Group
Mon, Nov 30th, 2009
Berger Legal LLC is pleased to announce its expansion into litigation with the formation of its Litigation Practice Group.
Anna Aguilar will head the litigation team. Ms. Aguilar comes to Berger Legal from her own successful private practice representing companies and individuals in a variety of complex civil litigations. She spent most of her career as a litigator with the New York firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher. Previously, Ms. Aguilar served as a Law Clerk to Judge Nicholas H. Politan in the District of New Jersey. Ms. Aguilar earned her law degree from Columbia University School of Law in 2000 where she was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.
Joining Ms. Aguilar in the Litigation Practice Group are Karen Cestari, Tracey Diamond, Scott Laton and Christine Meding.
- Karen Cestari joins Berger Legal from Simpson Thacher & Bartlett in New York. She previously served as a Law Clerk to Judge Shirley Wohl Kram in the Southern District of New York. Ms. Cestari graduated Harvard Law School, cum laude, in 1995.
- Tracey Diamond has been the head of Berger Legal's Employment Law Practice Group since 2004. She also currently serves as Adjunct Professor of Law at Drexel University Earl Mack College of Law in Philadelphia. Ms. Diamond previously was associated with the New York firms Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler and Squadron, Ellenoff, Plesent & Lehrer. She previously served as a Law Clerk to Judge Shirley Wohl Kram in the Southern District of New York. Ms. Diamond earned her law degree from Columbia University School of Law in 1992 where she was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.
- Scott Laton has spent most of his career as a litigator at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett in New York. He began his career as a Law Clerk to Judge Edward R. Korman, Chief Judge of the Eastern District of New York. Mr. Laton earned his law degree from Columbia University School of Law in 2003, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.
- Christine Meding was until recently an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York, where she prosecuted healthcare fraud, art fraud and counterfeiting cases. She previously was associated with the law firm Davis Polk & Wardell in New York and served as a Law Clerk to Judge Denny Chin in the Southern District of New York. Ms. Meding graduated Fordham Law School in 1999 where she was a member of the Fordham Law Review.
"I am pleased that we will begin to serve our clients' litigation needs," said Garry Berger, founder of Berger Legal. "For many years we have tackled corporate matters for our clients using a groundbreaking approach to providing legal services - the creation of a "virtual" law environment comprised solely of senior level attorneys. By saving on overhead and avoiding the overstaffing that frequently occurs with junior attorneys, we have been able to pass through significant savings to our clients. With this outstanding group of litigators, we intend to bring the same high quality, low cost approach to our litigation practice."
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