Bruce Berger
Founder | Berger Law Firm
Bruce Berger is a premises liability, personal injury and wrongful death trial lawyer and founder of Berger Law Firm in Atlanta, Georgia. Admitted in Georgia; J.D., Mercer University School of Law (1979).
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Atlanta, Georgia 30309
Bruce Berger is an Atlanta, Georgia, trial lawyer and the founder of Berger Law Firm. His practice is limited to representing plaintiffs in catastrophic personal injury cases, with a primary focus on falls and premises liability claims, including hazardous floor conditions, falling merchandise and building safety code violations.
Berger earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from Georgia State University in 1976 and his law degree from Mercer University’s Walter F. George School of Law in 1979. The firm reports multimillion-dollar results in fall cases, including a $4 million recovery for an elderly client injured in a trip and fall, a $3.8 million result against a restaurant and jury verdicts of $2.4 million and $2 million against grocery stores.
He is a Champion Member of the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association and has served on its Constitutional Challenge Committee, and he belongs to the American Association for Justice and its premises liability section. Berger holds an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell and has spoken and written on slip, trip and fall law, building codes and summary judgment practice.
Experience and Expertise
Qualifications
Timeline
- State Bar of Georgia
- J.D., Mercer University Walter F. George School of Law, 1979
- A.B., Political Science, Georgia State University, 1976
Practice Areas
- Georgia Trial Lawyers Association (Champion Member; Constitutional Challenge Committee)
- American Association for Justice (Member; Technology & Premises Liability Section)
- State Bar of Georgia
- Sandy Springs Bar Association
- Old War Horse Lawyers Club
- Lawyers Club of Atlanta
- National Association of Premises Liability
- Melvin M. Belli Society
- AV Preeminent 5.0 Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
- Pro Bono Project Recognition, State Bar of Georgia
- $4 Million Recovery: Trip and fall case on behalf of an elderly client.
- $3.8 Million Recovery: Client injured by a falling item at a restaurant, resulting in CRPS (RSD).
- $2.4 Million Jury Verdict: Slip and fall at a grocery store resulting in neck and back surgery.
- $2 Million Jury Verdict: Fall at a grocery chain resulting in multiple spine surgeries.
- $1.8 Million Recovery: Falling items caused a broken back and ankle.
- $1.4 Million Verdict: Fall down steps.
- $1.3 Million Verdict: Fall down steps.
- $1 Million Recovery: Truck versus motorcycle head-on collision.
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