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Harvey Berger is a founding partner of the firm. For over 25 years Harvey has represented individuals, insurance companies, small businesses and billion dollar corporations in all aspects of civil litigation. Many of his clients have stayed with him for over a decade. His specialty is employment law, both representing employees, and defending employers, in lawsuits, class actions, mediations, arbitrations and labor commissioner hearings. Harvey Berger obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Economics from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1974 and a Masters in Management from M.I.T. Sloan School of Management in 1976. After working for several years as a personnel manager and labor relations consultant, Harvey graduated from the University of San Diego School of Law in 1981. Harvey lectures to statewide attorney organizations as well as to businesses throughout the Southern California area on wage & hour issues, sexual harassment and management issues. He is a Chapter Author of Wage and Hour Laws: A State-by-State Survey, as well as the 2008 Cumulative Supplement. Harvey is an arbitrator and Judge Pro Tempore for the San Diego Superior Court, an arbitrator for the San Diego County Bar Association Fee Dispute Committee, and privately arbitrates and mediates cases upon request. As a result of a practice representing both employees and employers, Harvey is able to anticipate opposing counsel's strategies and far more effectively represent his clients. He is also able to easily interact with opposing counsel, while known as an aggressive and outstanding advocate for his clients. Harvey is active in various bar associations and legal organizations, including the State Bar of California, American Bar Association, San Diego County Bar Association, California Employment Lawyers Association, National Employment Lawyers Association, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Society for Human Resource Management, San Diego Defense Lawyers Association, Consumer Attorneys of San Diego and Lawyers Club of San Diego. Harvey has achieved the highest possible (AV) rating from Martindale-Hubbell, the authoritative resource for information on the world-wide legal profession. This AV rating indicates very high to preeminent legal ability and very high professional standards of conduct, ethics, reliability and diligence as established by confidential opinions from both judges and members of the bar. Harvey has been voted by The San Diego Daily Transcript as one of the Top (10) Employment Attorneys in San Diego County, by other employment lawyers, in 2005, 2006, 2007 & 2008. The Transcript conducts a peer voting process to determine the best lawyers in San Diego County in key categories. Harvey has been selected as one of San Diego's Super Lawyers? for 2007-2011. Harvey's selection as a Super Lawyer? was highlighted in a special supplement to the Southern California edition of The New York Times and the San Diego Union Tribune as well as the 2007 issue of Southern California Super Lawyers? for San Diego. The award followed a survey of more than 10,000 San Diego lawyers followed by an extensive panel review. Only 5% of San Diego attorneys have been selected for Super Lawyers. He was also selected as one of the Best Lawyers in San Diego for 2008-2011 as published in San Diego Magazine, as well as one of Southern California's Best Lawyers for 2008.