Elliot S. Berke serves as Managing Partner of Berke Farah LLP. His unique experience as both in house and outside corporate counsel, as in house and outside counsel to congressional leadership, and as a federal prosecutor brings a holistic approach to political law — from administrative compliance to criminal defense. He has been named by Washingtonian as one of “Washington’s Best Lawyers” and by Chambers USA as a “Nationwide Best Lawyer” consistently since 2011.  A perpetual student of history, he served on the executive committee for “A Celebration of Freedom: 25 Years of Democracy – A Salute to Vaclav Havel,” a three-day series of events in 2014 that included the dedication of a bust of Havel in the U.S. Capitol chaired by Presidents George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush.