Michael D BermanMichael D. Berman is a partner at Rifkin Weiner Livingston, LLC, in Baltimore, where he concentrates in commercial litigation and ESI issues. Previously, Mr. Berman spent seven years as the Deputy Chief of Civil Litigation at the Office of the Attorny General of Maryland, was a partner at the Baltimore firms of Tydings & Rosenberg, LLC, and Kaplan, Heyman, Greenberg, Engelman & Belgrad, P.A., and a clerk for The Hon. R. Dorsey Watkins, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. He teaches a three-credit, ESI seminar at the University of Baltimore and Maryland Schools of Law, where he is an adjunct professor. Mr. Berman chaired the Maryland State Bar Association committee that proposed the ESI Principles of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. He is a past chair of the Litigation Section Council, Maryland State Bar Association, and a former co-chair of the Maryland Bar Association's Federal District Court Committee and the American Bar Association's Litigation Book Publishing Board. Some of his publications include: M. Berman, C. Barton, and P. Grimm, eds., Managing E-Discovery and ESI: From Pre-Litigation Through Trial (ABA, July 2011); Author, "The Duty to Preserve ESI (Its Trigger, Scope, and Limit) & the Spoliation Doctrine in the Maryland State Courts," 45 U. Balt. L. Forum 129 (2015); Co-author, "Referenda in Maryland: The Need for Comprehensive Statutory Reform," 42 U. Balt. L. Rev. 655 (2013); Co-author, "Discovery About Discovery: Does The Attorney-Client Privilege Protect All Attorney-Client Communications Relating To The Preservation Of Potentially Relevant Material?," 37 U. Balt. L. Rev. 381 (2008); Co-author, "Proportionality In The Post-Hoc Analysis Of Pre-Litigation Preservation Decisions," 37 U. Balt. L. Rev. 413 (2008); Co-Author, "Commentary: With ESI, difference between federal, state rules," The Daily Record (June 17, 2016); Author, "When Does a Litigation Hold End?," Digital Discovery and e-Evidence (Bureau of National Affairs (Oct. 2009); Author, "General Adverse Inference Instruction For Intentional Breach Of Duty To Preserve--Goodman v. Praxair Services, Inc., Digital Discovery and e-Evidence (Bureau of National Affairs, July 2009); Author, "Tips to Avoid Mistakes with ESI Vendors," ABA Technology for the Litigator (Summer 2009); Author, "Motions to Compel ESI Denied," ABA Litigation News (Fall 2009). Mr. Berman has been a regular lecturer at national and local ESI programs, including the Maryland Professionalism Center, Inc., and the Judicial Institute of Maryland, both created by the Court of Appeals of Maryland. A few other examples include: Presenter, "Managing Ethical Landmines in Electronically Stored Information," (National Disability Rights Network, Training & Advocacy Support Center, Annual Conference, June 2012); Panelist, Access Data Users' Conference, "Data Governance and e-Discovery: Flip Sides of the Same Coin" (Las Vegas, May 2012); Presenter, Stevenson University "Forensic Symposium: eDiscovery--Digital Hide and Seek" (Apr. 2012); Presenter, "The Relevance and Risks of Evidence and E-Discovery for Everyday Practice," (Albuquerque, N. Mex., Dec. 2011). Mr. Berman served four years in the U.S. Army, where he attained the rank of Captain and was a paratrooper. His awards include the Army Commendation Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, and the National Defense Service Medal. Mr. Berman received a BA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, an MA from the University of Maryland-College Park, and a JD from the University of Maryland at Baltimore. Additional information may be found at http: //www.esi-mediation.com/resume/. Read More Read Less