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James E. Berger

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Kansas City

+1 (816) 709-4125

james.berger@hugheshubbard.com
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James E. Berger is a partner in the Litigation department of Hughes Hubbard & Reed, with particular focus on litigation involving complex legal and scientific issues. His national practice concentrates on product liability and premises liability claims and includes experience in tobacco, asbestos, pharmaceuticals, medical devices and chemical exposures. James has both trial and appellate experience, and has been national counsel responsible for all aspects of complex litigation in multiple state and federal courts throughout the country, including jurisdictions recognized as particularly plaintiff-friendly. He has also handled appellate work in multiple states and before the 8th US Circuit Court of Appeals, where he began his career as a law clerk.

Recognition

  • Recommended in The Legal 500 United States for Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action Defense: Consumer Products (including Tobacco) (2021, 2022)

Professional Activities

  • Member, The 8th Circuit Bar Association

Previous Experience

  • Law clerk, the Hon. Roger L. Wollman, United States Circuit Judge for the 8th Circuit, 1996 – 1997
  • Staff attorney, United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, 1994 – 1996

Court Admissions

  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Highlighted Matters

  • National counsel for a major tobacco company in all aspects of a complex product liability litigation including trials and appeals in multiple state and federal courts throughout the country
  • Previously represented another major tobacco company in its asbestos premises liability and tobacco litigation, at both the trial court and appellate levels
  • Representation of a manufacturer of medical devices and pharmaceuticals in multiple aspects of national litigation, including trial

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Hughes Hubbard Wins Defense Verdict for Reynolds, H&V in Wrongful Death Trial
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Hughes Hubbard Promotes Four New Partners and Two Counsel
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Firm Wins Mesothelioma Jury Trial in Los Angeles
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Firm Clients Lorillard Tobacco Company and Hollingsworth & Vose Win Cigarette Filter Case
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Hughes Hubbard Wins Defense Verdict for Lorillard in Kentucky
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Education
  • University of Missouri School of Law, J.D., 1994, cum laude, Order of the Coif, Managing Editor, Missouri Law Review
  • University of Missouri, B.A., 1991
Bar Admissions
  • Missouri
Areas of Focus
Appellate
Life Sciences
Litigation
Product Liability
Regulatory Compliance
Toxic Torts & Environmental

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