Riker Danzig Welcomes Michelle Berkey

MORRISTOWN, N.J. (July 21, 2010) - Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti LLP is pleased to welcome Michelle Leigh Berkey to the Firm’s Real Estate Group. Ms. Berkey’s practice encompasses all aspects of commercial real estate transactions, including drafting and negotiating complex retail and commercial leases, ground lease agreements, acquisitions and sales, construction lending, secured lending and refinancing. She has represented tenants in retail leases throughout the United States and Canada and has structured several sale/leaseback transactions for Fortune 500 companies. Ms. Berkey has also handled legal issues arising out of the construction phase of projects, including environmental matters regarding permitting and remediation.

Ms. Berkey is a member of the American, New York State and New Jersey State Bar Associations. She is also a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers, and co-authored “Tenants Must Be Proactive to Protect Tenant Allowances Before Landlord Bankruptcy” for the Council’s Retail Law Strategist publication.

Ms. Berkey received her undergraduate degree from Rutgers University in 1996 and her law degree from Rutgers University School of Law – Newark in 2000 where she was Associate Editor (1998-1999) and Notes & Comments Editor (1999-2000) for the Rutgers Computer and Technology Law Journal. Prior to joining Riker Danzig, she was an associate in the New York City office of Phillips Lytle LLP.

She is admitted to practice in New York and New Jersey.

For over 125 years, Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti LLP has focused on providing high-quality legal services to the business community. It was named the #1 law firm in New Jersey by Best Lawyers of America® for the third year in a row. Headquartered in Morristown, New Jersey, the firm has additional offices in Trenton and New York and an affiliate office in London. Riker Danzig has earned a national reputation for expertise in trial and appellate litigation, insurance, commercial law and bankruptcy and, in addition, has highly-respected practices in banking law, environmental law, employment law, family practice, tax and trusts and estates, corporate law and mergers & acquisitions, governmental affairs, public utilities, real estate and intellectual property.