Steven N. Berger

Steven N. Berger is a founding shareholder at Engelman Berger, P.C. in Phoenix and focuses his practice on resolution of commercial and debtor/creditor disputes and restructurings. He has represented debtors, creditors, creditors’ committees, trustees, examiners, lessors and asset-purchasers, and he has acted as a trustee and examiner in a variety of business bankruptcy and reorganization cases during his 40 years in practice. Mr. Berger draws on that experience in assisting parties to reach settlements in his practice as a private mediator for all types of commercial disputes. He completed the course known as “Mediating the Litigated Case” from the Straus Institute at Pepperdine University. Mr. Berger started his legal career clerking for Hon. Thomas Tang of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals from 1984-85. He practiced at two of Arizona’s largest firms before co-founding Engelman Berger in 1999. Mr. Berger has been an active member and held numerous leadership positions in the Bankruptcy Section of the State Bar of Arizona, planned bankruptcy CLE programs for several Bar Conventions, and served as a member and then chair of the Continuing Legal Education Committee of the State Bar of Arizona. He also was a founding member, vice president and program chair for the Arizona Bankruptcy American Inn of Court, and served as a lawyer representative to the Ninth Circuit from the District of Arizona. In March 2013, Mr. Berger was inducted as a Fellow into the American College of Bankruptcy. He is an active participant in various college boards, committees and projects. Mr. Berger received his B.A. in finance from Arizona State University in 1980 and his J.D. with highest distinction in 1984 from the University of Arizona, where he was an articles editor for the Arizona Law Review.