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Micah Berman, J.D., Term: 2008–2012
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 Mr. Micah Berman is an Assistant Professor at New England School of Law in Boston, where he teaches health law and related courses. He was previously the Executive Director of the Tobacco Public Policy Center (TPPC) at Capital University Law School in Columbus, Ohio, which provided technical and legal support to tobacco control advocates. Under Mr. Berman’s leadership, the TPPC pursued innovative approaches to reducing tobacco-related disease, such as drafting tobacco-free policies for school districts, helping businesses implement the Ohio Smoke-Free Workplace Act, and collaborating with apartment associations to address drifting secondhand smoke in multi-unit housing.
As a law professor, Mr. Berman's research focuses on public health policy and health-related litigation, and he developed and taught a public health law course addressing tobacco, infectious diseases, bioterrorism, alcohol and drugs, medical trials, and nutrition.
Mr. Berman received a J.D. with distinction from Stanford Law School, where he was managing editor of the Stanford Law Review. He is married to Rachel Bloomekatz, a law clerk for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
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