Michael Berry partner with Ballard Spahr.

Mike Berry, Ballard Spahr

Last year, Berry served as the lead lawyer in one of Philadelphia's highest-profile media cases, Peruto v. Roc Nation. In that case, he defended Amazon in claims arising from the production of a documentary series about rapper Meek Mill's long-running battle with the city's criminal justice system. Mill's case sparked public outrage after the presiding judge sentenced him to prison for a probation violation. As the controversy over the judge's handling of Mill's case grew, the judge hired well-known defense lawyer Charles Peruto Jr. to speak on her behalf and he was interviewed for the Amazon documentary. Following his on-camera interview, Peruto criticized his client for her handling of Mill's case while the microphone was still on. After a recording of his comments was published, Peruto sued, claiming he had been illegally wiretapped and he sought to recover the recording and block its further dissemination.