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Clement H. Berne
Adjunct Professor of Law

Fordham University School of Law
140 West 62nd Street
New York, NY 10023 		Email: clement.berne@gmail.com

Teaching

  • Civil Litigation Drafting, Fordham University School of Law, 1994-2005, 2008-present
  • First-Year Legal Writing, Fordham University School of Law, 1987-1989, 1992-1993 
  • Economics, Hunter College of the City of University of New York, 1982-1986

Experience

  • Law Office of Clement H. Berne
  • Certified Mediator, Supreme Court, New York County, Commercial Division
  • Troutman Sanders LLP (and predecessors Jenkens & Gilchrist and Parker Chapin LLP)
  • Vice President-Legal and Business Affairs, American Family Enterprises, a subsidiary of Time Inc.
  • Vice President-Legal, R.H. Legal Macy & Co., Inc.
  • Associate, Pollack & Kaminsky LLP
  • Assistant Attorney General, Litigation Bureau, Attorney General of New York State
  • Law Clerk, Hon. Edward W. Beglin, Jr., Superior Court of New Jersey

Education

  • New York University School of Law, J.D. 1976
  • Oberlin College, A.B. 1973

Publications

  • “How to Make the Court Want to Read Your Brief,” Troutman Sanders CLE Webcast Program (2008)
  • “Walking and Chewing Gum--How to Think Like a Lawyer and Write Like a Human Being,” Troutman Sanders CLE Webcast Program (2007)
  • "Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Appellate Practice and Possibly More," Bridge the Gap CLE program sponsored by New York University (2003)
  • "Federal Regulation of Dietary Supplements: Advertising and Labeling," Hot Topics in Advertising, CLE series sponsored by the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Committee on Consumer Affairs (2002)

Affiliations

Admitted
  • New York
  • New Jersey

Memberships

  • Association of the Bar of the City of New York (former member, Committees on Consumer Law, Uniform State Laws, and Corporate Law Departments)
  • New York State Bar Association