Bruce Berger

Bruce Berger began his law practice in Charleston, West Virginia, in 1980, where he primarily defended doctors, hospitals and insurance companies. Bruce moved to Raleigh with his family in 1987 and ​ initially ​continued his defense practice.

In 1995, Bruce stepped aside from his defense practice and began representing people injured due to the negligence of others, in the areas of hospital and medical malpractice, nursing home negligence and abuse, significant motor vehicle crashes and state and federal tort claims

He also assists people and businesses when their insurance companies fail to pay after a loss  as they should, primarily in property and casualty claims, including “bad faith” litigation..

Bruce has over 30 years of experience trying cases, representing both plaintiffs and defendants in the state and federal courts throughout West Virginia and North Carolina. He has been the lawyer for injured people and their families in lawsuits in Virginia and Tennessee. In addition to trial work, Bruce has represented clients on appellate matters in the North Carolina Court of Appeals, the Supreme Court of North Carolina, the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Richmond, Virginia. He has appeared in the North Carolina Industrial Commission on behalf of individuals and companies in both workers’ compensation and State tort claim litigation.

Born in Beech Grove, Indiana, and raised in Indianapolis, Bruce received his B.A. degree, cum laude, with honors, from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, and his law degree from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. Bruce has been  a regular speaker at continuing legal education seminars on various aspects of trial practice, civil procedure, ethics and personal injury litigation. He is a member of the Wake County and North Carolina Bar Associations, the West Virginia State Bar (inactive), the North Carolina State Bar and the North Carolina Advocates for Justice. He has served on several committees of the North Carolina Bar Association and the Wake County Bar Association, has a Peer Review Rating of AV®PreeminentTM, and has been selected as an outstanding lawyer by Super Lawyer rating service for a number of years.

Bruce lives in Raleigh and has four children. In addition to spending time with his family, Bruce’s interests include reading, photography, swimming, skiing, hiking, camping and other outdoor activities. He is actively involved in his church and other faith-based organizations and coached a local high school swimming team for years. He also volunteers his time at NeighborHealth, founded by his late wife, a primary care clinic in Raleigh whose mission is to provide quality health care and become a medical home to the “least of these,” the most vulnerable people in the community. He currently serves as the Board Chair.