Lee Berlik, Member of BerlikLaw, LLC

Lee E. Berlik is the founder and managing member of BerlikLaw, LLC. After a survey of judges and lawyers throughout Virginia and the District of Columbia, Martindale-Hubbell awarded Lee Berlik the nation's highest and most prestigious legal rating, AV, putting him in the top 3% of all United States litigation attorneys.  Lee's practice is devoted largely to business litigation and employment matters on behalf of both individuals and corporations in state and federal courts. He possesses a broad range of experience in numerous forms of commercial litigation, including trademark litigation, patent litigation, breach of contract, business conspiracy claims, product liability, securities fraud, business torts, trade secrets, and defamation. Lee lives in Leesburg, Virginia, and spends most of his time litigating cases in Fairfax County, Loudoun County, Alexandria, and the District of Columbia. His clients range from local victims of employment discrimination to international corporations conducting business in Northern Virginia.



Education
 
 

 
J.D., American University, Washington College of Law, 1995
cum laude

B.S., Rochester Institute of Technology, 1992
magna cum laude

Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
Virginia
District of Columbia
United States District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia
United States Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Virginia
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
United States Supreme Court

Professional & Bar Association Memberships
Loudoun County Bar Association
Board Member 2008

Fairfax County Bar Association

Virginia Bar Association

American Bar Association

Reported Cases
Unistaff, Inc. v. Koosharem Corp., 2009 WL 3233419 (Slip Copy, E.D. Va. 2009)

MIZ Engineering, Ltd. v. Meir Avganim v. Noble Security, Inc., 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 75350 (E.D. Va. Sept. 28, 2007)

WAKA, LLC v. Humphrey, 73 Va. Cir. 310 (Fairfax May 2, 2007); Rescue Phone, Inc. v. Enforcement Technology Group, Inc., 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 49401 (E.D. Va. July 9, 2007)

WAKA, LLC v. D.C. Kickball, 517 F. Supp. 2d 245 (D.D.C. 2007)

IPXL Holdings, L.L.C. v. Amazon.com, Inc., 430 F.3d 1377 (Fed. Cir. 2005)

Ciphertrust, Inc. v. TruSecure Corp., 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 46322 (E.D. Va. Nov. 28, 2005)


Carlton Q. Brown, M.D. v. Physicians Surgical Alliance, Inc., 2003 Va. Cir. LEXIS 266 (Loudoun Dec. 15, 2003)

Fordham v. Onesoft Corp., 2001 WL 641759 (E.D. Va. Jan. 24, 2001) (not reported in F. Supp. 2d).

Activities
Editor, American Bar Association, Section of Litigation, Pretrial Practice and Discovery Committee's Quarterly Newsletter

Recipient, ABA's Outstanding Newsletter Award, 2001-2002

Editor, The American University Journal of International Law and Policy, 1994-1995

Contributing Author, Employment Law, Annual Review of Developments in Business and Corporate Litigation, 2006

Co-Author, ABA Proposal Muddies Pretrial Publicity Waters, National Law Journal, August 15, 1994

Coach, Loudoun Soccer (formerly Loudoun Youth Soccer Association), 2006-2008

Sponsor, Washington and Old Dominion Trail