Jan A. Kopczynski is a litigation partner with Berding & Weil LLP. He has been with the firm since 1995 when he worked full-time as a law clerk after completing his first year of law school at Santa Clara University School of Law.

In addition to providing general counsel to the firm's commercial and homeowner association clients, Mr. Kopczynski specializes in handling complex construction-defect cases as well as a variety of business and real estate litigation. During his thirteen years at B&W, Mr. Kopczynski has negotiated millions of dollars in settlements for the firm's clients as a result of successful mediations, arbitrations, and court trials.

He has also been involved in the litigation of several product liability class-action cases, including Richison et al. v. Weyerhauser Company, San Joaquin Superior Court; Carr et al. v. Stimson Lumber Company, Alameda County Superior Court; Trinity Properties v. Central Sprinkler Company of California, Contra Costa Superior Court; and The Sutterfield Owners Association v. Tyco International, San Francisco Superior Court.

Mr. Kopczynski received his Juris Doctor in 1998 from Santa Clara University School of Law, and he has a Bachelor of Arts degree, Magna Cum Laude (1992), as well as a Masters Degree in Political Science (1993) from the University of California at San Diego. In addition to studying law at Santa Clara University, he was selected as a member of the law school's Trial Team and competed in two elite trial competitions during his final year of law school.

Mr. Kopczynski is a member of the State Bar of California and he is admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Northern District of California (1999), and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (2005).

Mr. Kopczynski has authored and co-authored numerous articles related to class actions, energy deregulation, association management, and the construction process.