Staff Architect, San Francisco Architectural Heritage, c. 1982-1986; Partner, Lerner and Nathan, Architects, San Francisco, CA, -c. 1986; Principal, Lerner and Associates, Architects, San Francisco, CA, c. 1986-present; in 2011, the firm was headquartered at 1108C Bryant Street, San Francisco, CA, 94103; tel: 415.863.5475. Lerner specialized as a preservation architect with expertise in disabled access issues.

Accroding to the Lerner and Associates web site: "Mr. Lerner has also taught numerous workshops on accessibility and preservation including "Accessibility For Small Businesses for the Independent Living Resource Center of SF; 'Accessibility Basics' for the SF Department of Building Inspection (DBI). Sponsored by Independent Housing Services and DBI, and 'Restoration and Adaptive Reuse with emphasis on the Americans With Disabilities Act' at the University of Southern California, USC Program of Short Courses in Historic Preservation. He has been an invited speaker at conferences sponsored by the California Preservation Foundation on the use of the California Historic Building code for Disabled Access as well as the use of the Secretary of Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties." (See "Profiles,"Accessed 06/30/2011.)

Member, American Institute of Architects, San Francisco Chapter; Member, Board of Directors, American Institute of Architects, San Francisco Chapter; Lerner was a Certified Access Specialist (CASp-149) with the California Division of the State Architect's office; Member, City of San Francisco's Code Advisory Committee representing Historic Preservation, c. 1998-present; Member/President, San Francisco Access Appeals Commission, San Francisco, CA; Member, Boards of Directors, San Francisco Architectural Heritage, San Francisco, CA; Member/Vice-President, San Francisco Independent Living Resource Center, San Francisco, CA; Member, Mission Dolores Neighborhood Association, San Francisco, CA.

Lerner and Associates received design awards from the California Preservation Foundation, the Art Deco Society of California, and the California Governor's office for its work on the restoration and McMullen House, San Francisco, CA, (1881), accessibility alterations to the Alameda County Court House #3, Oakland, CA (1935-1936); and accessibility and restoration modifications to the Del Mar Theatre in Santa Cruz, CA, and Cerrito Theatre, El Cerrito, CA (1936-1937).

B.Arch., University of Kansas, School of Architecture and Urban Design, Lawrence, KS.