Tributes to ‘one of a kind’ Bermans founder Keith Berman, whose law firm saw success in UK and USA

A “flamboyant” law firm founder who became one of the first English solicitors to open an office in New York has died.

Keith Berman founded Bermans in Liverpool in 1970 and grew the firm into a national player, as well as growing it into a substantial North West business.

Keith moved to New York in 1980 and qualified there to begin practising as an English solicitor, opening the Bermans office in 1982. In a statement today, Bermans said the office “ orchestrated litigation worldwide and provided a valuable resource for UK and European Clients with American interests (and vice versa)”. The company added: “At that time not even the big London Firms had an operational New York office so to open in the Big Apple and make a success of i