Barry Berke, a veteran of not one but two presidential impeachment trials, has been tapped by Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel to lead its new congressional investigations practice, the first major change the firm has made since entering the D.C. market via a combination with D.C.-based Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck & Untereiner in March of this year. 

Barry Berke. Photo: Ryland West/ALM

Berke said the firm has been doing work that would fall under the new practice’s purview for some time, adding an increase in this work compelled it to take the next step in that process by creating a formal unit.