Eric Berg

Practice Areas

Litigation, Disability Access, Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution, Construction Law

Career

Eric chairs Ogletree Deakins’ Construction Practice Group Steering Committee. He focuses his practice on both litigation and transactional construction law. Eric has represented developers, international corporations, contractors, subcontractors, construction managers and designers on diverse projects, from Freedom Tower in New York to Willis Tower in Chicago, from dredging the Mississippi River to building casinos in Las Vegas, from Silicon Valley tech hubs to Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory.

Eric has more than 25 years of experience investigating, negotiating, and litigating disability access claims under federal, state, and local laws—including Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the federal Fair Housing Amendments Act, and the Chicago Building Code—and, most recently, claims involving a hotel in California, a restaurant in Chicago, and multifamily housing developments in Oklahoma.

Prior to joining Ogletree, Eric served in an in-house counsel role where he provided counsel on multiple corporate topics including contract drafting, extras claims, payment disputes, mechanics liens, labor and employment matters, compliance issues, personal injury and workers compensation, public contracts, real estate transactions, insurance and risk management, and surety and bond questions.

Professional Memberships

American Bar Association (Forum on the Construction Industry, Immediate Past Chair of the Project Performance Division) (Division Five)

Society of Illinois Construction Attorneys (SOICA)

Member, Non-binding Arbitration Panel of the Mechanics Lien and Mortgage Foreclosure Section of the Circuit Court of Cook County (Illinois)

Member, Mies van der Rohe Society, Illinois Institute of Technology

Education