PETER BERGE
Web Education Director
Minnesota Continuing Legal Education
EXPERIENCE
Minnesota Continuing Legal Education
Web Education Director, May 2003 to Present
Manage the Webcast Continuing Legal Education Department. Programming Webcast CLEs, Managing Webcast Studio, Teaching & Moderating CLEs
Pritzker | Ruohonen & Associates
Attorney, January 2000 to May 2003
Litigation, Motion Practice, Appeals
Minnesota Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company
Vice President of Risk Management, September 1998 to January 2000
Oversee all Risk Management Programs in the Company. Overseeing resolution of corporate legal issues including trademark, branding, contracts, IT and Web projects. Demonstrated professional liability expertise.
Tewksbury Kerfeld Zimmer, P.A.
Attorney, July 1996 to September 1998
Handled Defense of Clients Insured Under Commercial General Liability Insurance Policies; Represented Insurance Companies in Insurance Coverage Disputes, Medical and Legal Malpractice, Conducted Discovery Including Expert and Law Witness Depositions; Researched, Drafted, and Argued Numerous Appeals and Summary Judgment Motions.
Diamond Link Group, Inc.
Principal & General Counsel, July 1993 to July 1996
Responsible for General Corporate Legal Issues; Conducted Seminars and Advised Businesses Concerning Internet Access and Use.
William Mitchell College of Law
Visiting Assistant Professor, July 1993 to July 1994
Taught Evidence and Civil Litigation Clinic. Member of Admissions Committee.
Georgetown University Law Center
Instructor, August 1992 to July 1993
Taught Integrated Property Course with Legal Research and Writing.
Temple University School of Law
Director, Legal Writing & Research, July 1991 to August 1992
Abraham L. Freedman Fellow & Lecturer in Law, August 1989 to July 1991
Director of the Legal Writing & Research Program. Taught Insurance Law, Civil Trial Advocacy, Defamation & Privacy, Lawyering Process, Torts, Products Liability, & Contracts.
Schwebel, Goetz, & Sieben, P.A.
Attorney, August 1985 to August 1989
Managed, Researched, Drafted and Argued Motion and Appellate Practice of Personal Injury, Legal Malpractice, Medical Malpractice, and Products Liability Cases.
Minnesota Supreme Court
Judicial Clerk, August 1984 to August 1985
Drafted Bench Memoranda and Opinions for the Hon. Lawrence R. Yetka.
Minnesota Court of Appeals
Judicial Clerk, October 1993 to August 1984
Drafted Bench Memoranda and Opinions for the Hon. D.D. Wozniak.
Education
Temple University School of Law
LL.M., 1991
Abraham L. Freedman Teaching Fellow & Lecturer in Law.
William Mitchell College of Law
J.D., cum laude 1983
Law Review: Editor, Volume IX; Staff, Volume VIII.
Research Assistant to Prof. Michael K. Steenson.
Alumni Association Award of Merit
St. Olaf College
B.A., History & Theology, 1980
Honors
1989-1992 Abraham L. Friedman Fellow & Lecturer in Law, Temple University
1989 Minnesota Trial Lawyers Association Award of Excellence
1984 Whos Who Among American Law Students
1983 William Mitchell College of Law Alumni Association Award of Merit
1983 William Mitchell College of Law cum laude graduate
2004 Named Super Lawyer Minnesota Law & Politics
Professional Organizations
Minnesota State Bar Association
Membership Committee Past Chair
Technology Committee Member
Publications Committee Member
Internet Law Committee Member
Hennepin County Bar Association
Fourth District Ethics Committee Member, Investigator
Interests
Music, Guitar, Computers, Cross Country Skiing, Running, Soccer, Bicycling.
References
Available on Request.
Publications
Books:
A Practical Guide to Legal Ethics (Minnesota CLE scheduled for 2009), with Eric Cooperstein
Documents Made Easy Personal Injury Documents (Minnesota CLE scheduled for June 2008), with Elliott Olsen
The Practitioner's Guide to the Minnesota No‑fault Act (1988)
Minnesota Motor Vehicle Accident Deskbook, Damages in Automobile Collision Cases (Minnesota State Bar Association 1989)
Law Review Articles:
Setting Limits on Involuntary HIV Antibody Testing Under Rule 35 and State IME Statutes, 44 Flor. L. Rev. 767 (1992).
The Uniform Arbitration Act: A 35‑Year Retrospective, 14 Hamline L. Rev. 301 (1990) (Recommended in the Worth Reading Column, The National Law Journal, Dec. 16, 1991).
The Scope of Comparative Fault in Minnesota, 9 Wm. Mitchell L. Rev. 299 (1984).
Other Articles:
How to Be Happy Practicing Law, Vol 5, No. 4, The Young Lawyer 4 (ABA Jan. 2001).
Top 10 Tips for New Lawyers on Avoiding Malpractice, Hearsay 3 (MSBA May/June 2000).
Where There's Smoke, There Might Be Fire: Pre‑Litigation Discovery Under Rule 27, 62 the Hennepin Lawyer 22 (Sept.‑Oct. 1992) (With David J. Moskal & Marshall H. Tanick).
Obtaining Records: Public & Private, 14 Minn. Trial Lawyer 15 (Winter 1990) (with Constance Lucius).
Impeachment & the Collateral Evidence Rule: What Does it Mean & How Far Can You Go?, 14 Minn. Trial Lawyer 10 (Summer 1989) (with David J. Moskal).
The Tort Thresholds of the Minnesota No‑Fault Act, 12 Minn. Trial Lawyer 20 ( Fall 1987).
A Strategy Update on the New Underinsured Motorist Statute, 12 Minn. Trial Lawyer 12 (Summer 1987).
Uninsured Motorist Coverage or the Minnesota Guaranty Association: Who Picks Up the Tab, 11 Minn. Trial Lawyer 20 (Summer 1986).