Alec Berezin

Biographical Information

Alec Berezin received his B.A. in 1970 from Miami University and his J.D. in 1973 from Case Western Reserve University. He is a member of the Lake County Bar Association, the Ohio Association of Justice, and the American Association of Justice. From 1980 to 1991, Mr. Berezin was the assistant law director and prosecutor for the City of University Heights. He acted as a visiting judge for Shaker Heights Municipal Court from 1992 to 2001. He serves on the arbitration panels for Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court and Lake County Common Pleas Court, and as settlement week chair of the Lake County Bar Association, he was instrumental in developing a year-round mediation program in Lake County Common Pleas Court. He continues to serve as a mediator in the Lake County Common Pleas Mediation Program. Mr. Berezin has served as a lecturer in continuing legal education programs sponsored by Case Western Reserve School of Law and Professional Educations Systems, and he has been a contributor to Am Jur Proof of Facts. He has been active in the community having served as president of the boards of Congregation Bethaynu and Adoption Network Cleveland, and he continues to serve as a life trustee on the board of Menorah Park Center for Senior Living.

Mr. Berezin`s areas of practice include civil litigation including business and commercial trial work, personal injury, professional negligence and nursing home negligence.