Areas Of Practice

• Premises Liability
• Products Liability
• Construction
• General Civil Litigation & Insurance Defense
• Trucking & Transportation
• Property Damage Claims

Tom Berger maintains a general practice that provides him with a broad range of legal insight into claims disputes involving Florida insurers and their insureds. The types of cases he handles include:

• Slip and falls
• Auto personal injury defense
• Product liability
• Construction defects
• Homeowner association and condominium disputes

Tom is an experienced trial attorney who has tried in state court and he has mediated settlements from Fort Pierce to Key West, including the counties of St. Lucie, Martin, Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade and Monroe. He has also argued appeals before the Florida Fourth District Court of Appeals.

His work in auto cases includes the defense of bodily injury and uninsured motorist claims. His experience with slip and fall injury cases includes a range of premises situations in retail, restaurant or other business properties. Product liability claims handled by Tom include power saws and other industrial or construction equipment.

In the area of construction defects, he represents general contractors and subcontractors in all aspects of construction from watertight issues to roofing, railings, doors and housing substructures. Many of the disputes he has handled involve high-end residential projects, including one property valued at $40 million. He has tried 4 construction cases to verdict.

His HOA case experience includes the defense of board members under errors and omissions (E&O) policies against allegations of fraud, selective enforcement or breach of fiduciary duty.

Tom serves as a Community Representative at Large on the Construction Oversight Review Committee (CORC) for the School District of Palm Beach County, a voluntary position he has held since 2005.

Tom was born in Cleveland, Ohio but raised in Boca Raton Florida.  He is married with three adult children.

Admissions

• Florida, 1989
• United States District Court
  • Southern District of Florida, 2001
  • Middle District of Florida, 2011

Awards & Recognition

• The Boca Raton Observer Top Lawyers, 2022

Memberships

• The Florida Bar
• American Board of Trial Advocates, 2017-present
• Palm Beach County Bar Association, 2019-present