Steven M. Berlin, head of Martin Clearwater & Bell LLP's Employment & Labor Law Practice Group, is an experienced litigator who has represented clients in a wide-range of employment law matters for over 25 years. Mr. Berlin is also a member of the Firm’s Physician Practice Group and Commercial Litigation Group.
Mr. Berlin regularly counsels clients, defends claims and prepares contracts and policies involving a full range of employment issues. These include restrictive covenants, executive compensation, wrongful discharge, sexual harassment, age, disability, gender, sexual orientation and racial discrimination, as well as compliance with federal, state and local fair employment and labor laws such as Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, ERISA, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the NY Human Rights and Labor Laws and the NJ Law Against Discrimination and Labor Laws. He also represents clients in a wide range of business litigation matters.
Mr. Berlin is AV rated by Martindale Hubbell.* He is a speaker at many labor and employment law related seminars, including programs for Lorman Education Services and the New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education. Mr. Berlin has written for several publications, including the New York Law Journal ("The Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008: Closing the Gap between State and Federal Law"), New Jersey Labor and Employment Law Quarterly ("The NJ Supreme Court Clarifies the Scope of Religious Hostile Work Environment Claims"), and M.D. News, where he writes a regular column entitled “The Employment Lawyer’s Prescription.” He is also a contributing author for the new Matthew Bender Employment Litigation in New Jersey treatise. Mr. Berlin has been consecutively named a New Jersey “Super Lawyer” since 2005; a designation given to the top five percent of attorneys in the state each year.
Mr. Berlin earned his B.S. from the University of Maryland at College Park in 1977 and his J.D. from Brooklyn Law School in 1980. He is a member of the Labor and Employment Committee of the Litigation Section of the American Bar Association and has served as chair of its Programming Subcommittee. He is a member of the editorial board of the New Jersey Labor and Employment Law Quarterly for the New Jersey Bar Association. Mr. Berlin is the Legislative co-chair of the Garden State Council of SHRM and Past President of the HRMA of Princeton. He is also a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association's Labor and Employment Section Committee on Post Employment Restrictions. Prior to joining MCB, Mr. Berlin was a Shareholder of Buchanan Ingersoll PC where he headed the Firm's New York and New Jersey Labor and Employment Law Group. He is admitted to practice before both the New York and New Jersey State and Federal Courts.
In addition to his legal expertise, Mr. Berlin is active in community affairs. He currently serves on the board of directors for the IEP Foundation for Youth Services in Monmouth County. | 
