Sam joined Berse Law, LLC in September 2017. He graduated cum laude from the Seton Hall University School of Law in 2015, and thereafter completed two one-year clerkships: in 2016-2017 for the now-presiding Appellate Division Judge Marie P. Simonelli, P.J.A.D. (then-J.A.D.); and, in 2015-2016 for the Honorable Lisa M. Vignuolo, J.S.C. in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Middlesex County, Family Part. Sam’s experience working for the judiciary has given him extraordinary insight into the minds and perspectives of judges who preside over family law matters and adjudicate appeals. He is a proponent of mediation to resolve matters quickly and amicably, but in more litigious circumstances, his expertise allows him to counsel clients both in preparation for court and on what must be proven to the court in order to prevail.

In 2021, he received the New Jersey State Bar Association’s Young Lawyer’s Division Professional Achievement Award. In 2021, 2022, and 2023, he was selected by New Jersey Super Lawyers as a Rising Star.

Sam is admitted to the New Jersey State Bar, New York State Bar, and New Jersey Federal District Court. He is a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association (NJSBA) and serves as the Union County Representative for the Young Lawyers Division (YLD) Executive Committee, which is a voting member position of the NJSBA YLD Executive Committee. He is also Co-Chair of the NJSBA YLD Seminars Committee responsible for planning CLE events throughout the year including at the annual NJSBA Convention in May, and at the 2022 NJSBA Mid-Year meeting in Key West, where he created and moderated a seminar entitled “Financial Concerns with Special Needs Children.” Sam also serves as the New Jersey Bar Foundation Union County Mock Trial Coordinator for the annual Vincent J. Apruzzese High School Mock Trial Competition.
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He is an active ESP Panelist in Middlesex County and alternate ESP panelist in Union County and a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association, the Union County Bar Association, the Middlesex County Bar Association, the Aldona E. Appleton Family Law Inn of Court, and former member of the Barry Croland Family Inn of Court. He has completed numerous continuing education classes far in excess of the attorney CLE requirements.

While attending law school, Mr. Berse served as a Notes Editor on the Seton Hall Legislative Journal where he published on the topic of patent office practice following the United States Supreme Court’s opinion in Association of Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc. holding that genes are not patentable. He completed judicial internships for Justice Anne M. Patterson of the New Jersey Supreme Court, and Magistrate Judge Steven C. Mannion and District Judge Madeline Cox Arleo of the District Court of New Jersey. Additionally, he worked in the in-house legal department of Amicus Therapeutics for two years while attending law school. During law school, he participated in the SDNY Representation in Mediation Practicum where he obtained one of the highest settlements in the program’s history for a client in a Title VII employment discrimination case.

Although he now focuses his practice on family law matters, he is a patent attorney licensed before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and holds a Master of Biomedical Sciences degree from the Rutgers Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (legacy-RWJ GSBS) and a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Kean University where he graduated summa cum laude with a 4.00 GPA. He is also a certified EMT-B and a retired member of his town’s Volunteer Rescue Squad after over seven years, and a lifetime member of Mensa.
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Sam views his approach to the law as somewhat of a visionary. Jenny and Sam Berse have published a 3-part article series in the NJSBA’s New Jersey Family Lawyer magazine: “Bankruptcy and Divorce: Exceptions to Dischargeability” appeared in the February 2020 edition; “Bankruptcy and Divorce: Getting Counsel Fees Added to Probation Arrears” appeared in the March 2020 edition; and “Bankruptcy and Divorce: The Complexities of Collecting Counsel Fees (or any Judgment) through Wage Execution” appeared in the January 2022 edition. We have a forthcoming article on Cohabitation & Alimony Termination.

Sam co-authored in NJSBA’s Dictum, the newsletter of the NJSBA Young Lawyers Division, “Marriage Story (2019): A Movie Review From a Legal Perspective” which appeared in the Winter 2021 edition.