Daniel S. Bernheim, 3d, a Shareholder in the firm's Philadelphia office, is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and Villanova University School of Law in 1980. In 1993, he was one of the nation's first to obtain an LL.M. in Trial Advocacy from Temple University School of Law. Mr. Bernheim has had extensive trial and appellate experience in state and federal court, including U.S. tax court and bankruptcy court. Dan is the managing partner of the firm's Philadelphia office and the focus of his practice is in complex commercial litigation, bank litigation and creditors' rights. Dan also serves as an expert witness in the area of professional disability relating to commercial litigation.
Lectures and Seminars:
Negotiable Instruments and Check Fraud, Pennsylvania Bankers Association, 1993.
Check Fraud under Articles 3 and 4 of the Pennsylvania Uniform Commercial Code, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 1994.
Emerging Trends in Pennsylvania Commercial Collections, National Business Institute, 2001.
Successful Judgment Collection in Pennsylvania, National Business Institute, 2002-2005.
Collecting Debts: Tips and Strategies to Legally Get What You are Owed. National Business Institute, 2006.
Predatory Lending, National Business Institute, 2009.
Pennsylvania Collection Laws, National Business Institute, 2010.
Litigating Deal Documents, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 2011.
Professional Appointments/Services/Acknowledgments:
Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, Settlement and Discovery Master
State Civil Judicial Committee, Philadelphia Bar Association
Supreme Court Rules Subcommittee for Confession of Judgment
Selected for inclusion in Pennsylvania Super Lawyers® list, 2004, 2006-2012
Selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers® list 2008 National Corporate Counsel
Martindale Hubbell AV Rated
Philadelphia VIP's Chancellor Award 2001
Civic Positions:
Civic Positions:
Lower Merion Township, Commissioner 2011-
- Chairman, Legal Affairs Committee
- Chairman, Workers Association Committee
- Vice Chair, Financing Committee
- Vice Chair, Building and Planning Committee
Timber Trails Association Pocono Pines
- Board of Directors, Treasurer, 2012-
(Also at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Office)