June 1, 2021
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Staffing Updates at Berke-Weiss Law

In firm-related news, Rosa Aliberti and Alex Berke have recently been promoted from Associate to Senior Associate. Congratulations to them for their promotions! We want to celebrate and recognize their fantastic work at the Firm and their tenacious dedication to our clients. 

We’d like to extend a warm welcome to Finne Murphy as she joins the team as the new Paralegal/Legal assistant. She graduated from Middlebury College with a degree in English and American Literatures. She’s previously worked as an accessibility partner at Amazon in Seattle, WA.

We are also very excited to welcome Katina Smith as our newest law clerk for the Summer. Katina is a rising 3L at Fordham Law, where she is enjoying her coursework in Negotiations. She is a member of the Fashion Law Society and will be participating in the Mediation Clinic in the fall. She has varied intern experiences from the Brooklyn Housing Court to spending a year as Judge Jeanine Pirro's intern on Fox News. Welcome, Katina!

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Federal Government Considers Long Covid a Disability

September 3, 2021
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The federal government has made moves to expand disability coverage to include long Covid sufferers. President Biden made the announcement in July as part of the country’s celebration of the 31st anniversary of the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

How Roe v. Wade Stopped Being the Law of the Land in Texas

September 3, 2021
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Senior Associate Alex Berke's latest piece for the Daily Beast teases out some of the implications and details of this Texas law and how it doesn't bode well for abortion rights in the future.

Is US Lack of Childcare a Threat to National Security?

August 23, 2021
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In a recent op-ed in The Hill, several retired US generals make the novel argument that the nation’s lack of strong, universal childcare is not only a persistent problem for working parents, but represents a national security threat and that lawmakers must continue to address this as part of the legislative wrangling set to go into overdrive as Congress returns from summer vacation

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