David Berlin has been practicing law in New York City for over thirty years.  His areas of expertise include boxing law, criminal defense and special education law.

David Berlin has occupied many roles in the world of boxing.  In addition to his legal representation of boxers and others in the sport, he served as Executive Director of the New York State Athletic Commission for two years, wrote about legal issues in the sport for print and online publications, managed several boxers and had a number of fights as an amateur boxer.

He is the 2016 recipient of the Boxing Writers Association of America’s James A. Farley Award for Honesty and Integrity.

David Berlin’s clients, past and present, include promoters Salita Promotions and Y12 Boxing, managers Dave McWater and Egis Klimas, commentator and trainer Teddy Atlas, matchmaker Don Elbaum, writer Tom Hauser, world champions Michael Moorer, Iran Barkley, Oleksandr Gvozdyk, Saoul Mamby, Juan LaPorte, Aaron Davis, Joey Gamache, Joshua Clottey and Andy Lee, and contenders Otto Wallin, Eddie Chambers, Cletus Seldin, Charles Whittaker, James Butler, Raul Frank and Ivan Redkach.  He also represented the family of Bradley Rone, a journeyman who died in a Utah boxing ring.

David Berlin received his Bachelor’s Degree from Princeton University (1986) and his J.D. from New York University School of Law (1989).

He has served for more than a decade on the board of The Dr. Theodore A. Atlas Foundation, a community service organization founded in 1997 by Teddy Atlas.