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Leslie Berkoff

Commercial Mediator

“Partner and Chair of Dispute Resolution Practice Group at Moritt Hock & Hamroff LLP”

Garden City, New York
36+Years Exp

Core Practice Areas

3 Verticals
✓Commercial Contracts
✓Construction Disputes
✓Bankruptcy Adversary Proceedings
✓Certified Neutral
✓Court-Approved ADR

About & Mediation Philosophy

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Leslie A. Berkoff is a Partner with the firm where she serves as the Chair of the firm’s Dispute Resolution Practice Group, the former Co-Chair of the Litigation and Bankruptcy & Creditors’ Rights Practice Group, and serves on the firm’s Management Committee. In the restructuring space, she concentrates her practice in chapter 11 cases, bankruptcy litigation and corporate workouts where she represents a variety of corporate debtors, trustees, creditors and creditor committees both nationally and locally. Ms. Berkoff’s Dispute Resolution practice has her frequently serving as an ad hoc and panel mediator. Leslie serves on the Mediation Panels for the Eastern and Southern Districts of the United States Bankruptcy Courts in New York, the United States Bankruptcy Courts in Delaware and the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, as well as the Commercial Mediation Panel for Nassau County, Nassau County Bar Association and Bronx County. Ms. Berkoff is a trained arbitrator and serves on the American Arbitration Association’s National Roster of Commercial Arbitrators and Mediators, the AAA-ICDR International Panel and is a member of the AAA-ICDR Council. Ms. Berkoff also serves as a member of the Second Circuit United States Court of Appeals Pro Bono Appellate Mediation Panel and is a Special Master in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division, First and Second Judicial Departments Mediation Programs. Ms. Berkoff has been appointed by Judges in both the New York County and Nassau County Courts as a Receiver and Special Master.

Credentials & Institutional Standing

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License

Attorney

Education

Hofstra University School of Law

J.D. · Law

Class of 1990

State University of Albany

B.A.

Class of 1987

Work History

3 Positions

Law Clerk

United States Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of New York (Honorable Jerome Feller)

1991 – 1993

Law Clerk

United States District Court, Eastern District of New York (Honorable Allyne R. Ross)

1990 – 1991

Partner

Moritt Hock & Hamroff LLP

Chair of the firm’s Dispute Resolution Practice Group; former Co-Chair of the Litigation and Bankruptcy & Creditors’ Rights Practice Group; Member of Management Committee.

Honors & Recognition

1 Honor

Fellow

American Bar Foundation

2015

Fellow since October 2015

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