David Berkey Bio

For more than thirty years, David Berkey has been a trusted advisor to numerous cooperative and condominium boards, banks, insurance companies and individuals. Mr. Berkey counsels his loyal clients regarding all issues pertaining to co-op and condo law, prepares their various contracts, handles their transactions and litigates their claims. Mr. Berkey has been a featured panelist at Habitat Magazine and a speaker at seminars sponsored by the City Bar Association, New York State Bar Association, New York County Lawyers Association, Practicing Law Institute, Council of New York Cooperatives & Condominiums, Inc. and the Community Associations Institute, among others. He has presented, written and advised on countless issues critical to co-ops and condos including fiduciary duties and responsibilities of board members and managing agents, the rights of minority shareholders, workouts and sponsor defaults, the purchase and sale of cooperative apartments and condominium units and current developments in co-op and condo law. A seasoned litigator, Mr. Berkey has served as a faculty member of Cardozo Law School’s Intensive Trial Advocacy Program for more than thirty years.