Mr. Lerner received his bachelor's degree in 1998 from Franklin & Marshall College (B.A. History), and received his J.D. from Temple University School of Law in 2003, where he was a member of the Temple Law Review. Mr. Lerner is the author of "Encouraging Litigation at the Expense of Our Children: The Inapplicability of Buckhannon Board and Care Home, Inc. v. West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources to the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act," published in the Summer 2003 Volume of the Temple Law Review. 76 Temp. L. Rev. 381 (2003).

Mr. Lerner is currently working on several securities fraud class actions against numerous issuers of securities for allegedly misleading investors, including In re Xerox Securities Litigation (D. Conn.), In re HealthSouth Corporation Securities Litigation (N.D. Ala.), and In re Fannie Mae Securities Litigation (D. D.C.). Mr. Lerner also represents the shareholders of the acquired entity in a minority squeeze-out transaction alleging that the transaction failed to meet the entire fairness standard in In re UnitedGlobalCom Shareholders Litigation (Delaware Chancery Court).

Before joining Bernstein Liebhard & Lifshitz, LLP, Mr. Lerner was associated with Miller Faucher and Cafferty in Philadelphia, where he represented plaintiffs in antitrust, consumer, and employment class actions.

He is admitted to the Bars of the States of New Jersey and Pennsylvania. He is also admitted to practice before the Bar of the federal district court for the District of New Jersey.