Education

J.D., 1988, University of Colorado Law School
B.A., 1985, cum laude, Colorado College
Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

Admitted

Colorado
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. District Court, District of Colorado
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit

Distinctions

Best Lawyer in America, Employment Law, 2012

The American Lawyer and Corporate Counsel's Top Rated Lawyers Guide to Labor & Employment Law, 2012

Memberships

Executive Council & Board of Governors, Colorado Bar Association

Board Member, State of Colorado Supreme Court Board of Law Examiners

Co-Chair, Colorado Bar Association, Labor & Employment Law Section, 2002-2004

Community Involvement

Bill C. Berger

Bill's practice emphasizes the representation of management and employers in labor and employment law matters, including both preventive counseling and litigation.

Representing clients before federal and state courts, administrative agencies, and in arbitration (both industrial-union and private employment), Bill has experience with wrongful discharge issues, equal employment opportunity issues, disability and religious accommodation issues, trade secret and non-compete issues, employment and separation agreements, and labor issues associated with entity acquisitions and affiliations. He handles wage and hour matters, traditional labor relations in unionized workplaces, matters related to union organizing campaigns, National Labor Relations Act issues, and occupational safety and health (OSHA) cases.

In addition to his work at Brownstein, Bill serves as an adjunct law professor at the University of Denver, Sturm College of Law, and writes a regular column, “Labor Law,” for the Denver Business Journal. Bill is conversationally fluent in Japanese.

Prior to joining Brownstein, Bill was a shareholder at Stettner Miller, P.C. in Denver.

Representative Matters

Represented Riviera Holdings Corporation, a Las Vegas casino operator, in negotiating the terms of the $76 million sale of its Riviera Black Hawk casino in Colorado to an affiliate of Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc. The transaction was structured as a sale of 100% of the common stock of the Riviera subsidiary operating the Black Hawk casino. The parties expect to close the transaction before the end of the second quarter of 2012.