ATTORNEY CHARLES L. BERGER SELECTED AS A CITY-COUNTY OBSERVER 2021 “OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY SERVICE” AWARD WINNER
The City-County Observer is excited to announce that prominent local attorney Charles L. Berger as our first “Outstanding Community Services Award” winners for 2021.
Charles L. Berger has a repetition of taking on issues that help protect the disenfranchised and downtrodden. Charlie is an extremely private and soft-spoken person. However, when he’s in the courtroom defending the rights of his clients he becomes an extremely aggressive and effective Doctor of Jurisprudence.
Much to his credit, he is currently taking issue with the way that the Superintendent of the Vanderburgh School system is conducting the people’s business behind closed doors. Mr. Berger is also speaking out on behalf of the EVSC teachers and students concerning the safety protocol used in the classroom during the COVID-19 pandemic. He’s also taking on the issues pertaining to the less than the attractive salary and benefits compensation packages that EVSC teachers and support staff are currently receiving.
Mr. Berger is also questioning the excessive salaries, benefits, and perks that the EVSC Superendient Of Schools and his top administrators are receiving while our classroom teachers are been under-compensated. We also like that he is also questioning political patronage and nepotism practices at the EVSC.
We consider Charles L. Berger not only a  “Crusader For The Public Good” but also a “Public Watch Dog” that demands that our appointed and elected officials become  “Good Steward Of The Public Trust”.
Mr. Berger graduated from the University of Evansville in 1969, with a major in history and a minor in political science. Lettered in football. Member of Phi Kappa Phi, honorary fraternity.
He also graduated from Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1972. Received Doctor of Jurisprudence, with honors.
He has practiced law in Evansville for 45 years. Admitted to the bar, 1972, Indiana, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1975, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; 1977, U.S. Supreme Court; 1981, U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky; 1984, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Â Director, Indiana Lawyers’ Commission, 1973-1977.
His Professional Memberships and Achievements are:
Evansville, Indiana State (Chairman, Trial Lawyers Section, 1982-1983) and American Bar Association; Indiana Trial Lawyers Association (Director, 1977 – ); Treasurer, 1982-1983); American Board of Trial Advocates; The Association of Trial Lawyers of American (State Committeeman 1975-1979); Bar Association of the Seventh Federal Circuit; Fellow, Indiana Bar Foundation; Board of Directors, Indiana Equal Justice Fund; Member of the Indiana Supreme Court Rules Committee (2005 – 2015); Member of the Indiana Judicial Nominating Commission: Indiana Commission on Judicial Qualifications (2016 – Present).
Listed in “The Best Lawyers in America” and “Who’s Who in American Law”. Has chaired several panels at Continuing Legal Education Forums and participated in making presentations at Continuing Legal Education Forums. In 2005 was the recipient of the James Bethel Gresham Award for Freedom from the Evansville Bar Association. Member of Adjunct Faculty at the University of Southern Indiana in Criminal Law and Constitutional Law.
Awarded the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA) Trial Lawyer of the Year in November 2014 for his work on behalf of individuals who were denied rights under the Indiana Constitution.
He’s been married to Leslie Berger for 47 years and they have three daughters.
Joining Mr. Berger as a 2021 “CCO Outstanding Community Services Award” winners for 2021 are retired Vanderburgh County and County Clerk Susan Kirk are our outstanding State Senator Vaneta Becker,  three-term Mayor of Evansville  Lloyd Winnecke, prominent attorney, and community activist Charles L. Berger, retired Vanderburgh County Superior Court Judge Richard G. D’Amour, and the Co-Chairpersons of the “Feed The Hungry” collation of Vanderburgh County, Lisa Vaughn, and Evansville City Council member Alex Burton.
This event is scheduled for October 20, 2021 at Bally’s-Evansville Walnut rooms A and B at 12:00 noon.
Kudos to Mr. Berger for shining light on the EVSC practices and administrative payroll.
Comments are closed.