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Timothy J. Berg

Mr. Berg practices in the area of civil appeals and public utilities regulation.

Mr. Berg has participated in the briefing or argument of over three hundred appeals before the United States Courts of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the Second Circuit, the Fourth Circuit, the Fifth Circuit, the Eleventh Circuit, the Federal Circuit, the Supreme Court of Arizona and both divisions of the Arizona Court of Appeals. His appellate practice spans a broad field of substantive areas, including employment law, medical malpractice, product liability, environmental, state and local taxation, business torts, real property and mineral rights, bankruptcy, public records law and public utilities law.

Mr. Berg is often involved in regulatory matters and legislation affecting clients concerned with public utilities, environment and telecommunications. He frequently appears before the Arizona Corporation Commission in regulatory proceedings relating to telecommunications corporations and has represented clients with respect to utility and water legislation under consideration by the Arizona Legislature.

Mr. Berg chairs Fennemore Craig’s Management Committee.


Articles and Presentations

Attorneys' Fees on Appeal, Chapter Nine, Arizona Attorneys Fees Manual, 3d Ed.

Attorneys' Fees, Chapter Eleven, Arizona Appellate Handbook, Vol. I, 3d and 4th Edition.


Professional and Community Activities

President, American Academy of Appellate Lawyers

Co-Chair, Arizona Equal Justice Campaign

Chair, Board of Directors, Herberger Theater Center

Member, Greater Phoenix Leadership

Past Member, Executive Committee, National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws

Chairman, Arizona Commission on Uniform State Laws

Member, Board of Directors, Arizona Law College Association

Member, Appellate Handbook Committee, State Bar of Arizona

Member, State Bar of Arizona

Member, Maricopa County Bar Association

Member, American Bar Association

Past Member, Board of Trustees, Maricopa County Bar Foundation


Admissions

Arizona Supreme Court, 1975

U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit, 1994

U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, 1993

U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 1995

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1993

U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit, 1991

U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1982

U.S. Supreme Court, 1985

United States District Court, District of Arizona, 1975


Education and Honors

J.D., with highest distinction, University of Arizona, Order of the Coif, 1975

B.A., with high distinction, Arizona State University, 1972

Associate Editor, Arizona Law Review 

Chambers USA, Leading Lawyers for Business, 2010

Best Lawyers in America®, Appellate Law, Commercial Litigation, and Energy Law, 2003-2011

Southwest Super Lawyers®, 2009

Distinguished Citizen Award, University of Arizona Alumni Association , 2001

Timothy J. Berg - Fennemore Craig
E: tberg@fclaw.com


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Practice Areas

Administrative Law and Government Procurement

Appeals

Energy, Telecom and Utilities

Indian Law

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