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Barry Berkman was admitted to the New York bar in 1966. He was admitted to the United States District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, in 1968. He received his B.A. degree from Harvard College and his law degree from Stanford University. Specializing in matrimonial law and mediation, he has served on the American Bar Association Task Force on Standards of Practice for Divorce Mediation and has been a member of the Matrimonial Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Family and Divorce Mediation Council of Greater New York. He has also been an arbitrator for the Civil Court in New York County, Small Claims Division, since 1979. Mr. Berkman has taught matrimonial law as an adjunct Professor at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and teaches mediation at The Center for Mediation in Law. He is a co-founder of the New York Collaborative Law Group. He has made numerous CLE presentations on behalf of the New York, Westchester, and Nassau County Bar Associations, as well as the American Bar Association.