Elliot S. Berkowitz, Member of Law Offices of Berkowitz & Cohen

LAW OFFICES OF BERKOWITZ & COHEN
A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

6500 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD, SUITE 1860
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90048
(323) 651-5151  

CURRICULUM VITAE  

ELLIOT S. BERKOWITZ            

Experience  

LEGAL  

Elliot S. Berkowitz, Berkowitz & Cohen, a Professional Corporation, (previously Law Offices Elliot S. Berkowitz)
6500 Wilshire Blvd., Suite l860, Los Angeles, CA 90048
(323) 65l-5l5l  

Practice in injury/workers compensation.

Education  

J.D., l976, Glendale University College of Law  

M.S.  Education, l97l, City University of New York  

B.A.  Political Science, l970, Adelphi University  

Honors Executive Editor, Glendale Law Review, l975-76

Comment Editor, Glendale Law Review, l974-l975

Honorable Mention, Moot Court Competition,

l976 Vice President, Student Bar Association,

l974-l975 Editor, Student Newspaper, Glendale College of Law  

Publications  

Articles:

How to Handle a Workers Compensation Case, Applicant's Prospective, California Workers Compensation Enquirer, l99l  

Psychiatric Injuries Under the New Law CAAAments, l99l  

Articles: "Labor Code Section 5402, a Follow Up", CAAAments, Spring l996,

co-author   "Did the Lions Really Win?  Christian v. WCAB" California Workers Compensation Enquirer, Vol. 15, #l, July l997    

CAAAments, "Workers Compensation Takes Center Stage At the Supreme Court", co-authors, Elliot S. Berkowitz/William Herreras, October, l998  

California Workers Compensation Enquirer, April, l999 "Penalties: To the Millenium and Beyond"   California Workers Compensation Enquirer, Volume l7, #l, Article, "Penalty to the Millenium And Beyond - Part II"  

l977-85:  Column on law for New Life Magazine   Law Review          
Attorney Malpractice Law in California

Glendale University Law Review, l976   Toward a Standard of Care in Legal Research Glendale University Law Review, l977   Associations   California Applicants' Attorneys' Association Los Angeles County Bar Association    

Speaker:  

California Applicant's Attorneys' Association, l990 Summer Convention, Topic, Psychiatric Injuries  

Southern California Paralegal Training, March, l99l, Los Angeles  

Southern California Psychiatric Association, Summer, l99l,

Psychiatric Injuries Under the New Law   Whittier Law School, September, l992,

Guest Speaker, Applicant's Practice          

California Applicants Attorneys' Association, l992 Seminar, "The First Hundred Days"  

California Applicants Attorneys' Association, October, l992,

QME Seminars  

Culver City Bar Association, l992 speaker on workers compensation, November, l992  

Southern California Paralegal Training, Spring, l994, Los Angeles  

Southern California Applicants Attorneys' Association, Lecture on Penalty, February l5, l995  

Workers Compensation Forum, speaker, February 24, l995  

California Applicants Attorneys' Association Convention, June, l995, Penalty and Sanctions  

Valley Bar Association, LAVA, November, l995, Labor Code section 58l4,

Changes in Law   California Applicants Attorneys' Association, Winter Convention, January, l996,

Labor Code 5402, the Presumption   Workers Compensation Claims Association, February, l996, featured speaker on Labor Code 58l4  

California Applicants Attorneys' Association, Summer Convention, June, l996, "You as the Defendant - Attorneys Being Sued for Sexual Harrassment" - moderator/co-speaker.  

San Fernando Valley Bar Association, Workers Compensation, July, l996, Lecture on Labor Code 58l4  

San Francisco Industrial Claims Association, September l0, l997, "Pitfalls and Penalties"  

California Applicants Attorneys' Association Convention, winter, l998, "Psychiatric Disabilities, Labor Code 3208.3," Speaker and moderator.  

LA County Bar Association, Lecture, "Penalty",

Workers Compensation Committee, Fall l998   Mexican-American Bar Association, June, l998 "Penalties"              

Los Angeles County Bar Association, Workers Compensation Section, "Penalties, Penalties, Penalties", December 7, l998  

Loyola School of Law, workers compensation class, Guest Lecturer, April, l999  

Harbor Area Applicants Attorneys' Association, l0/l9/99, featured speaker  

California Applicants Attorneys' Association Convention, "Sanctions", January, 2000   Medical and Legal Conference for Workers Compensation Industry Professionals, "The Employer's and Injured Worker's Rights and Responsibilities...What Every Employer and Claims Professional Needs to Know," October, 2000.  

Winter Convention, January, 200l, "Update of 4060-4062.9 California Labor Code", Palm Springs, California.  

Southern California Applicant's Association Chapter, "Upcoming Trends in Litigation of LC 58l4", February 2l, 200l  

State of California, Division of Workers Compensation, February 2l, 200l, Eighth Annual Conference of Education, Irvine, California  

California Workers Compensation Attorneys' Association, June, 200l  

Cleveland Chiropractic College, Lecture, February, 2002  

California Defense Attorneys' Association, June, 200l, "Handling 58l4 from a Defense Perspective"  

California Applicants Attorneys' Association, University, "Training of the Workers Compensation Professional", Lecture, 200l-continuing   January, 2003,

California Applicants Attorneys' Association Convention, "Toxic Mold"   January/February, 2004,

"Law Worm" - "Understanding New Law   October, 2004,

"Law Worm", - Putting it all together" - SB 899, 2004 reform   November, 2004,

Rating Seminar, CAAA, Disneyland   January, 2005, "Death of Penalties",

CAAA Convention        

California Society of Industrial Medicine, June ll, 2005, SB 899 overview,

Hot Button Issues  

California Applicants' Attorneys Association annual rating seminar, December 3-4, 2005

California Applicants Attorneys' Association, "Sleep Disorders", January, 2006  

Workers Compensation Claims Association, "Highlights and Reviews", March, 2006  

Posts   Treasurer, Southern California Applicants Attorneys' Association, l99l-l992  

Vice President, Southern California Applicants' Attorneys' Association, l992-l993  

President, Southern California Applicants Attorneys' Association, l993-l994  

Board of Governors, Member at Large, California Applicants' Attorneys' Association, l994-95  

Executive Committee, Workers Compensation Section, Los Angeles County Bar Association  

Education Chair, California Applicants Attorneys' Association, l995-present, continuing  

Legislative Committee, California Applicants Attorneys' Association, 2000-present, continuing  

Education Chair, l995-96, l996-97, l997-98, l998-99,, l999-2000, 2000-200l, California Applicants Attorneys' Association  

California State Polytechnic University, Advisory Board Member, College of the Extended University in Pomona.  

Guest Instructor, CAAA, Guest Instructor, Spring 2000- Spring 2005, UCLA Law School  

Legislative Committee, 2000-2005, California Applicants Attorneys' Association  

Director of Education, California Applicants Attorneys' Association, 2003-2005