Member, District 28
About Howard L. Berman
From Van Nuys, CA; born in Los Angeles,
CA, April 15, 1941; education: B.A., international relations, UCLA,
1962; LL.B., UCLA School of
Law, 1965; California Assembly Fellowship Program, 1965-70; Vista
volunteer, 1966-67;
admitted to the California bar, 1966; practiced law until election to
California Assembly in 1972; named assembly majority leader in first
term; served as chair of the Assembly Democratic Caucus and policy
research management committee; member: regional board of the Anti-
Defamation League; past president, California Federation of Young
Democrats; married: Janis; children: Brinley and Lindsey; committees:
International Relations; Judiciary; subcommittees: ranking member,
Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property; elected to the 98th
Congress on November 2, 1982; reelected to each succeeding Congress.