Bernard joined the erstwhile partnership of Van Zyl Le Roux and Hurter as a professional assistant in 1988 and upon the incorporation of the partnership into a professional company in 1989, Bernard became a director of VZLR.
Bernard heads VZLR's Conveyancing and Real Estate Department, attending to the transfer of immovable property, registration of mortgage bonds, notarial bonds, servitudes, antenuptial contracts and other notarial documents. Bernard also attends to the establishment of township and sectional title developments. Bernard is a past Chairman of the Conveyancing Examination Committee. He is also a keen sportsman and an avid adventurer.