Ronald J. Berke, Esq
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Ronald Berke is one of sixteen members of the Tennessee Judicial selection Commission an organization that is charged in selecting State Supreme Court Justices and Court of Appeals Judges, along with performance review and retention and hearing complaints and adminstering discipline in the Tennessee Judicial System.
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Background
Berke is the owner and principal of Berke, Berke, and Berke an Tennessee based law firm[1].
Berke specializes his practice in Alternative Dispute Resolution, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Aviation, Banking & Finance Law, Business & Commercial Law, Business Organizations, Child Support, Civil Rights, Communications & Media Law, Constitutional Law, Construction Law, Consumer Protection, Contracts, Criminal Law, Custody & Visitation, DUI/DWI, Discrimination, Divorce, Education Law, Election Campaign & Political Law, Eminent Domain, Employment Law -- Employee and employers, Family Law, Government Contracts, Health & Health Care Law, Labor Law, Land Use & Zoning, Legal Malpractice, Litigation & Appeals, Medical Malpractice, Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff, Nursing Home, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Products Liability Law, Professional Malpractice Law, Real Estate Law, Securities Law, Sexual Harassment, Toxic Torts, Transportation Law, White Collar Crimes, and Workers' Compensation Law
Judicial selection Commission
In 2006, Berke was appointed by the Tennesee Speaker of the Senate to serve a six year term on the Tennessee Judicial selection Commission with Berke's term set to expire on August 31, 2012.
Berke was nominated by the Tennesee Trial Laywers Association representing Tennessee. Berke's work on the Supreme Court Board of Professional Responsiblity played a large role in his appointment[2].
Other Professional Affiliations
- Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association-Past President
- Belli Society-President
- Board Academy of Catastrophic Injury Attorneys-Board of Governors
- Association of Trial Lawyers of America-Board of Governors
- AAJ State Delegates-Former Vice-Chair
- Chattanooga Trial Lawyers Association-Past President
- Tennessee Supreme Court Commission, CLE & Specialization-Former Vice-Chair
- American Trial Lawyers Association-Co-Chair, Motor Vehicle Insurance Committee
- American Trial Lawyers Association-State Legislative Outreach Committee
- American Trial Lawyers Association-State Affairs Committee
- American Trial Lawyers Association-Public Education Committee
- Tennessee Supreme Court Board of Professional Responsibility-Hearing Officer
- American Trial Lawyers Association-Sustaining Member
- M Club of ATLA PAC
- American Trial Lawyers Association, Leaders Forum
Personal
Berke recieved his bachelor's degree from the University of Virginia in Charloettesville and his juris doctorate degree from Vanderbilt University in Nashville[3].
