Background
Berger, Bruce J. was born on August 14, 1950 in Passaic, New Jersey, United States.
Berger, Bruce J. was born on August 14, 1950 in Passaic, New Jersey, United States.
University of Connecticut (Bachelor of Arts, with honors in Chemistry, 1972). Harvard University (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1975).
Worked at Spriggs & Hollingsworth. Admitted to the bar, 1976, Massachusetts. 1980, District of Columbia.
1986, United States.
Claims Court. 1990, United States. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. 1992, United States. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
1993, United States.
Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi. Phi Lambda Upsilon. Editor, Harvard Law Review, 1973-1975.
Executive Editor, Harvard Law Review, 1974-1975.
Author: "The Prosecutor"s Rebuttal Argument: The Proper Limits of the Doctrine of Invited Response," Criminal Law Bulletin, January-February, 1983. "State and Federal Conflicts During Negotiations of Site Remedies in CERCLA Injunctive Actions," Toxics Law Reporter, July 8, 1987.
"Practical Ideas for Superfund Settlements," Environmental Manager, January, 1990. Company-Author: "A Litigator"s Introduction to Contaminant Fate and Transport Models," Toxics Law Reporter, January 1989.
"Taking the Depositions of Plaintiffs" Experts in Toxic Tort Cases," Toxic Law Reporter, November, 1990.
"Attacking an Expert"s Opinion," Legal Guide to Working with Environmental Consultants, 1992. Conde v. Velsicol Chemical Corporation-Lessons for the Defense of Toxic Tort Cases," published in the Toxics Law Reporter, May 3, 1995. "Graduate Students" Injury Claims: Tort Liability or Workers" Compensation and the Impact on Insurance Coverage," College Law Bulletin, April 18, 1996.
Adjunct Professor of Trial Practice, Georgetown University Law Center, 1982-1985.
Law Clerk to Honorary John Minor Wisdom, Judge, United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1975-1976.
Trial Attorney-Civil Rights Division, United States. Department of Justice, 1976-1980.
Lands Division, United States.
Department of Justice, 1983-1985. Company-Chairman, Superfund Decisionmaking Seminar (Washington, District of Columbia, 1988, Chicago, 1989), Managing the Superfund Process (Philadelphia, 1989, Orlando, 1989, Washington, District of Columbia, 1990, Boston, 1990), Environmental Claims and Litigation Conference (Washington, District of Columbia, 1990). Member: District of Columbia Bar (Member, Sections of: Litigation and Environment, Energy and Natural Resources).
American Bar Association (Member: Litigation and Natural Resource Law Sections.
Science and Technology. Committee on Law and Regulation of Scientific Research).
Author: "The Prosecutor's Rebuttal Argument: The Proper Limits of the Doctrine of Invited Response," Criminal Law Bulletin, January-February, 1983. "State and Federal Conflicts During Negotiations of Site Remedies in CERCLA Injunctive Actions," Toxics Law Reporter, July 8, 1987. "Practical Ideas for Superfund Settlements," Environmental Manager, January, 1990.
Co-Author: "A Litigator's Introduction to Contaminant Fate and Transport Models," Toxics Law Reporter, January 1989. "Taking the Depositions of Plaintiffs' Experts in Toxic Tort Cases," Toxic Law Reporter, November, 1990. "Attacking an Expert's Opinion," Legal Guide to Working with Environmental Consultants, 1992.
Conde v. Velsicol Chemical Corporation-Lessons for the Defense of Toxic Tort Cases," published in the Toxics Law Reporter, May 3, 1995. "Graduate Students' Injury Claims: Tort Liability or Workers' Compensation and the Impact on Insurance Coverage," College Law Bulletin, April 18, 1996. Adjunct Professor of Trial Practice, Georgetown University Law Center, 1982-1985.
Law Clerk to Honorary John Minor Wisdom, Judge, United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1975-1976. Trial Attorney-Civil Rights Division, United States.
Department of Justice, 1976-1980. Lands Division, United States. Department of Justice, 1983-1985.
Co-Chairman, Superfund Decisionmaking Seminar (Washington, D.C., 1988, Chicago, 1989), Managing the Superfund Process (Philadelphia, 1989, Orlando, 1989, Washington, D.C., 1990, Boston, 1990), Environmental Claims and Litigation Conference (Washington, D.C., 1990).
Member: District of Columbia Bar (Member, Sections of: Litigation and Environment, Energy and Natural Resources). American Bar Association (Member: Litigation and Natural Resource Law Sections. Science and Technology.
Committee on Law and Regulation of Scientific Research).