Background
He was born in Atlanta, Georgia to Randall Challen Berg and Margaret Baker Berg.
He was born in Atlanta, Georgia to Randall Challen Berg and Margaret Baker Berg.
He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, graduating in 1971 with a bachelor"s degree in political science with a minor in English. Berg attended George Mason University School of Law, graduating in 1980.
He spent most of his childhood in Jacksonville, Florida, graduating from Robert East. Lee High School in 1967. He has a son, Randall Challen Berg III, who was born in 1987. Berg is the Executive Director of the Florida Justice Institute, a public interest law firm in Miami which he established in 1978.
He has conducted and been involved in numerous individual and class action lawsuits that strive to improve conditions in Florida"s prison and jails over the last three decades.
He was Chairman of the Corrections Committee of The Florida Bar, and President of the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida. He served on Florida Governor Chiles" Transition Criminal Justice Task Force, and several legislative committees dealing with criminal justice and corrections issues.
He has been an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Miami School of Law, and directs the Volunteer Lawyers" Project for the United States. District Court for Florida"s Southern District.