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.