Ritchie E. Berger

Telephone: 802-859-7029

E-Mail: rberger@dinse.com

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Areas of Practice Concentration:

Complex Litigation

Description of Practice:

Ritchie E. Berger is head of the firm’s litigation group and is considered one of Vermont's premier trial lawyers.  He concentrates on the defense of complex civil litigation throughout Vermont and New England.

Mr. Berger is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, Past-Vermont State Chair, a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, Past-President of Vermont Chapter, and is listed in Benchmark: Litigation, Best Lawyers in America, Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business, and New England Super Lawyers.  He regularly lectures and conducts seminars on trial topics and is co-author of Vermont Jury Instructions, published by Butterworth Legal Publishers.

Education:

  • University of Maine School of Law, Portland, ME. (J.D. with Honors in Advocacy 1981)
    —Selected to National Moot Court Team
    —Northeast Regional Champions, named Best Oralist and awarded Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr. Medal for Excellence in Advocacy. 
  • B.A., University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, (1978)
    —Phi Beta Kappa
  • Rutland High School (1974)

Prior Experience:

Mr. Berger joined the firm in 1982 following a judicial clerkship with Justices Robert W. Larrow and Louis P. Peck of the Vermont Supreme Court.

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Mr. Berger resides in Shelburne with his wife, Amy and their chocolate lab Ellie. They have two sons, Matt and Jordan.