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Bruce J. Berger

Experience

Mr. Berger is an experienced litigator and trial lawyer, and has represented clients in school district liability matters, personal injury, real estate, redevelopment, tax, employment, medical malpractice, medical staff and civil rights cases. Representative trials include: Jane Doe v. Fresno Unified School District, et al. [School District]; Villa v. Holladay, et al. [Insurance Defense/Personal Injury (Auto)]; Marquez v. Scheppegrell [Insurance Defense/Personal Injury (Auto); Hart v. Farrow [Insurance Defense/Personal Injury/Auto]; Nikaido v. Pieper [Insurance Defense/Personal Injury/Auto]; Najera v. Huerta [Insurance Defense/Personal Injury (Auto); decision on appeal reported at 191 Cal.App.4th 872 (2011)]; Turner v. Community Living Center-Fresno [Medical Malpractice/Elder Abuse]; Bender v. Lamb [Insurance Defense/Personal Injury (Auto)]; Vasquez v. Nicolaus [Insurance Defense/Personal Injury (Auto)]; Ochoa v. Nelson [Insurance Defense/Personal Injury (Auto)]; Loftis v. Gill [Insurance Defense/Personal Injury (Auto)]; Locke v. Scott [Insurance Defense/Personal Injury (Auto)]; Mello v. Fresno Community Hospital [Medical Malpractice]; Fernandez v. Mehelic [Insurance Defense/Personal Injury (Auto)]; Lee Yates; Wendy Yates v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue [Tax/Hobby Loss, reported at T.C. Memo 1996-499, 72 TCM (CCH) 1193].

Mr. Berger worked as a Certified Public Accountant (1980-1988), and as a transactional lawyer (1988-1994); as such, he continues to regularly advise clients on a variety of tax, health care, estate, trust, probate, and business related matters. Mr. Berger is a member of the American Academy of Estate Planning Attorneys, American Board of Trial Advocates (Member), the Christian Legal Society, the Fresno County Bar Association and the State Bars of California and Florida.

Education

Bruce J. Berger graduated from California State University, Fresno, in 1980, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration (Accounting Option), and received his Juris Doctor degree from Whittier Law School in 1984.