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Alex spent his childhood and early adulthood working for his father in title insurance in eastern Iowa. He obtained his J.D. from Indiana University School of Law. While in law school, he coached the college policy debate team, was President of the Moot Court Society, and was Executive Production Editor of the Indiana Health Law Review. He also clerked for a criminal law professor and a criminal defense attorney during law school.
After becoming a lawyer, Alex and his wife lived in Chicago, Mason City, Iowa, and Davenport, Iowa. In 2014, Alex joined the RT Cox Law Firm in Gillette, Wyoming, as an associate attorney. There, he gained experience representing both individuals and businesses in trial litigation with a focus on oil and gas issues.
In 2016, Alex founded his own law firm. For two years, he focused on bankruptcy and family law under the mentorship of Felix Sowada and Dwight Hurich, both of whom had practiced for over 35 years. In 2018, Alex was elected Weston County Attorney where he prosecuted crimes, petitions for juvenile intervention, and counseled the county on civil matters part time while maintaining his bankruptcy work. Alex Berger also performs investigative services for the Wyoming Board of Professional Engineers and Professional Land Surveyors and the Wyoming Mental Health Professions Licensing Board regarding complaints against licensed professionals. In Wyoming, he focuses his law practice on helping people file personal bankruptcy.
Alex is also the vice-chair of the board of directors for Community Action of Alger Marquette, the chair of the board for Wyoming Legal Aid, and the chair of the Bankruptcy and Creditor’s Rights Section Counsel in Wyoming. He often volunteers his time to help the local public defender’s office, sit as county civil counsel at county board meetings, and appear on WNMU-TV’s Ask the Lawyers. He lives in Marquette with his wife and two children.
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