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Together, with the other partners at the firm, he has litigated many of the firm's most high profile and significant cases, including five of the largest securities fraud recoveries in history - the $6.15 billion settlement of In re WorldCom, Inc. Securities Litigation, the $3.3 billion settlement of In re Cendant Corporation Securities Litigation, the $1.3 billion recovery in In re Nortel Networks Corporation Securities Litigation, the $1.04 billion partial settlement of In re McKesson HBOC, Inc. Securities Litigation, and the over $600 million investor recovery in In re Lucent Technologies, Inc. Securities Litigation.

Mr. Berger's role in the WorldCom case received extensive media attention and has been the subject of feature articles in numerous major publications including BusinessWeek and The American Lawyer. For his outstanding efforts on behalf of the WorldCom Class, The National Law Journal profiled Mr. Berger (one of only eleven attorneys selected nationwide) in its special June 2005 "Winning Attorneys" section. Additionally, Mr. Berger was featured in the July 2006 New York Times article, "A Class-Action Shuffle," which assessed the evolving landscape of the securities litigation arena.

Mr. Berger is widely recognized for his professional excellence and achievements. For the past five consecutive years, he has received the top attorney ranking in plaintiff securities litigation by the Chambers and Partners’ Guide to America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. In the 2010 edition of Benchmark: The Definitive Guide to America’s Leading Litigation Firms & Attorneys (published by Legal Media Group - Institutional Investor and Euromoney), Mr. Berger was singled out as one of New York’s “local litigation stars.” Additionally, since their various inceptions, he has been named a “litigation star” by the Legal 500 USA Guide, one of “10 Legal Superstars” by Securities Law360, and is consistently named as one of the “500 Leading Lawyers in America” and “100 Securities Litigators You Need to Know” by Lawdragon magazine. Further, The Best Lawyers in America guide has named Mr. Berger a leading lawyer in his field.

Mr. Berger also serves the academic community in numerous capacities as a member of the Dean's Council to Columbia Law School, and as a member of the Board of Trustees of Baruch College. In May 2006, he was presented with the Distinguished Alumnus Award for his many and varied contributions to Baruch College. In June 2009, he was elected to the Board of Trustees of The Supreme Court Historical Society, a prestigious non-profit organization committed to preserving the history of the Supreme Court of the United States. Mr. Berger is an Advisor to the American Law Institute, Restatement Third of Torts, and he currently serves on the Advisory Board of Columbia Law School's Center on Corporate Governance. Additionally, Mr. Berger has taught Profession of Law, an ethics course at Columbia.

Mr. Berger is a past chairman of the Commercial Litigation Section of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America (now known as the American Association for Justice) and lectures for numerous professional organizations. In 1997, Mr. Berger was honored for his outstanding contribution to the public interest by Trial Lawyers For Public Justice, where he was a "Trial Lawyer of the Year" Finalist for his work in Roberts, et al. v. Texaco, the celebrated race discrimination case, on behalf of Texaco's African-American employees.

Among numerous charitable and volunteer works, Mr. Berger is an active supporter of City Year New York, a division of AmeriCorps, dedicated to encouraging young people to devote time to public service. In July 2005, he was named City Year New York’s "Idealist of the Year," for his long-time service and work in the community. He and his wife, Dale, have also established the Dale and Max Berger Public Interest Law Fellowship at Columbia Law School and the Max W. Berger Pre-Law Program at Baruch College.