KENNETH S. MERBER received a Juris Doctor degree from The George Washington University, National Law Center in 1989. This was preceded by a Bachelor of Arts degree from the State University of New York at Binghamton in 1986. While in law school, he served as a member of the Moot Court Board Honor Society and was elected President of the Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity. Mr. Merber served as a Judicial Intern for the Honorable Eric G. Bruggink at the United States Claims Court in Washington, D.C. and was previously associated with a major construction law firm in New York City, where he specialized in federal and state complex litigation and arbitrated construction claims and appeals.

Mr. Merber joined the firm in 1990 and became a member in 1998. He specializes in commercial litigation, insurance defense and insurance coverage litigation, medical malpractice, legal malpractice, accounting malpractice and other professional liability claims, labor law, contract, construction and surety law. Mr. Merber has litigated medical malpractice claims involving internal medicine, orthopedics and orthopaedic surgery, cardiology, cardiothoracic surgery, vascular surgery, neurology, neuro-surgery, psychiatry, radiology, oncology, plastic surgery, podiatry, hematology, obstetrics and gynecology, pathology, gastroenterology, emergency medicine and other medical specialties. His aggressive and tenacious style coupled with his extensive preparation have contributed to his excellent reputation and outstanding results at pre-trial proceedings, mediations, arbitrations, trials, both jury and non-jury, and appeals.

Mr. Merber has spoken publicly and given Continuing Legal Education (CLE) lectures for the New York State Bar Association on subjects including product liability claims and the complexities of Article 50-b of New York’s Civil Practice Laws and Rules (CPLR) as it relates to the reduction of substantial verdicts to present value and post trial proceedings related to jury verdicts. During his tenure with the firm, Mr. Merber won jury verdicts in medical malpractice, labor law, premises liability, motor vehicle accident and general liability cases. He has also successfully prosecuted and defended insurance coverage lawsuits and declaratory judgment actions obtaining substantial recoveries of litigation costs and expenses including attorneys’ fees incurred by his clients from other insurers.

Mr. Merber is admitted to practice before the courts of the states of New York, New Jersey and Florida, the District of Columbia, the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the District of New Jersey. Mr. Merber is admitted to and has argued appeals in the Second and Third Circuits of the United States Court of Appeals and the First and Second Departments of the Supreme Court of the State of New York.