Varnum is pleased to announce that Elliott Berlin has joined the corporate practice team at Varnum. He is based in the firm’s Kalamazoo office.
Berlin’s corporate practice includes assisting with mergers and acquisitions and representing small and mid-size businesses in entity formation, asset protection, real estate sales and disputes, employment issues and regulatory compliance. He is also experienced in providing litigation support at the trial and appellate court level in complex civil and family cases.
Prior to entering private practice, Berlin served as a judicial law clerk for the Berrien County Trial Court, where he drafted opinions, orders and research memoranda for all 11 trial court judges. He also previously served as a judicial extern for Ingham County 30th Circuit Court.
Berlin is a 2013 magna cum laude graduate of Michigan State University College of Law, where he received two Jurisprudence Achievement Awards (top grade in course) and was a Faculty Scholar award recipient. He received his undergraduate degree from Western Michigan University, majoring in business management. He joins the firm from the Kalamazoo office of Kreis Enderle.