Berdon's L.I. office offers claims dept.

When David Berdon & Co.'s Long Island office moved to larger space at One Jericho Plaza back in 1997, the plan was to build on existing success and grow to become a dominant player on the Island. Since that time, Long Island partner-in-charge Jerry Sloane has seen the Jericho office quadruple in size. "Our growth plan is right on schedule," says Sloane, who notes that the firm's combined offices have long placed Berdon among the top 10 CPA firms in the area. "Now, with the relocation of our class action claims administration department from Manhattan to Jericho, the Long Island office alone ranks within the top 10 on the Island."

The recent move brought an additional 22 professionals and staff to the newly expanded Jericho Plaza office. "This gives us the room we need for the growth we are expecting," says Michael Rosenbaum, partner, who leads the claims team. "We're in a well-situated, state-of-the-art facility that will allow us to continue to fulfill our current clients' needs while pursuing new opportunities, both in the metropolitan area and throughout the nation."

David Berdon established a dedicated class action claims department in 1994 and has seen annual revenue build from $150,000 to more than $2.5 million. "For many law firms, fulfilling today's class action and bankruptcy claims can be a costly, complex, and time-consuming headache," adds Rosenbaum, "We have people with decades of experience handling class actions of all types and we've got the process down to a science." He notes that his team has experience managing settlement funds ranging from $1 million to hundreds of millions of dollars. Says Rosenbaum, "When a client places a claims project in our hands they are confident that it will be handled efficiently and effectively through every stage of the process."