James Berg focuses his practice on commercial litigation, financial-services disputes, employment matters, and other complex civil litigation. His experience includes matters involving commercial loans, secured transactions, equipment financing and leasing, foreclosure, judgment enforcement, contract disputes, and federal litigation.
Admissions
- Illinois
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
Memberships
- Illinois State Bar Association
- Chicago Bar Association
- Cook County Bar Association
Community Involvement
- Administer Justice, Pro Bono Legal Consultant, 2024-2025
Education
- J.D., Chicago, Kent College of Law
- Focus on Civil Litigation
- SBA Excellence in Leadership Nominee, 2025
- Dean’s Honors Award, Chicago-Kent College of Law, 2023-2025
- Dean Zacharias Merit-Based Scholarship Recipient,, 2023-2025
- B.A., cum laude, Political Science, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Minor in Communications
- Sigma Alpha Lambda Leadership & Honors Society
Externships and Internships
- Judicial Extern, Judge Nixon in Chancery Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County, 2024
- Operations and Marketing Intern, International Law Institute, Washington, D.C., 2019