Jennifer Berke - San Francisco, CA

Jennifer is an accomplished defense attorney based in the San Francisco Bay Area, with extensive experience in insurance defense and toxic torts. She joined GHB after successfully managing her own practice, the Law Offices of Jennifer Berke in Berkeley, CA, where she specialized in Family Law, Civil Litigation and Criminal Law.

Prior to establishing her own practice, Jennifer was Vice President and In-House Counsel at DFSG, Inc. in Alameda, CA, an investment banking firm and private equity group. In this role, she was involved in providing financing for commercial real estate transactions, business formations, construction and development projects. Her responsibilities included overseeing contracts, preparing financial loan documents, performing financial analysis and due diligence, underwriting, managing client and lender relationships, and overseeing loan officers.

Earlier in her career, Jennifer was an Associate at Foley & Mansfield, PLLP in Oakland, CA. She was an associate responsible for managing cases from their initial receipt through trial preparation, with significant law and motion practice, and extensive experience conducting depositions. Her practice there specialized in litigation with an emphasis on toxic torts, product liability, premise liability, and personal injury law. Before that, she was an Associate at C.W. Wood & Associates, P.C. in San Francisco, CA, and Clapp, Moroney, Bellagamba & Vucinich in San Bruno, CA. For both firms, she engaged in substantial law and motion practice, performed all phases of discovery including conducting depositions. Her practice areas included toxic torts, construction defect, personal injury, and corporate law.

Jennifer served as a Judicial Extern for the Honorable Mary Jo Levinger in Santa Clara County Superior Court, where she researched and drafted bench memoranda and Court Orders, and conferred with the Judge on legal issues.

Jennifer holds a J.D. from Santa Clara University School of Law and a B.A. in Political, Legal, and Economic Analysis from Mills College in Oakland, CA.