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Peter Berger

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Licensed for 45 years

Law Degree

Awards

Primary Practice Area

Criminal Defense

Language

English

About

Practices Areas

Criminal Defense

Personal Injury

Language

English

Contact

Berger Law Firm, P.C.7109 Hickman RdUrbandale, IA, 50322-4851

Office: N/A

Website: N/A

Reviews

anonymous
August 19, 2020

I retained Peter Berger for up to and including trial if it went that far. Mr. Berger told me he thought I had a 75% chance of acquittal at trial. When it came time to plea bargain, the prosecutor offered a lesser felony including being added to the sex offender registry. Peter told me they might bargain for a misdemeanor but they'd stick to the registry. When I told him that being on the registry was a hard no, he went back and negotiated. Next the prosecutor offered a alford plea to the same felony, without the sex offender registry. I told Peter no -- If getting off the registry was the harder negotiation, I wasn't going to take a felony. The prosecutor came back with an offer for two misdemeanors, no sex offender registry. Let me take a time out to state that to this day, I believe myself innocent. I can't discuss specifics of the case due to a 5 year no contact order. So with that in mind, I had to think about it. do I risk the "25% chance of hung jury or guilty verdict" or do I take the misdemeanors. At this point, on the phone, Peter Berger made it clear that if I chose to go to trial, he would no longer represent me. To be fair - and the only reason I gave two stars on this review, I had already made my decision before his statements. I would bite the bullet and take the two misdemeanors. I waited two years until the moment my probation expired to make this complaint. I will never get over this, it haunts me daily, and in particular I cannot let his threat stand without trying to make sure the world knows what they are getting in to when they consider retaining Peter Berger.

anonymous
November 27, 2018

I hired mr Berger to represent me in a federal charge. He come to the jail and saw me twice. He wouldn’t answer my calls. When I did talk to him at the jail. It was him talking and you listening and you didn’t shed a tear or he was leaving. He would brag about his high profile murder case he had in Omaha and how i needed him to represent me. I wouldn’t suggest mr Berger

anonymous
August 19, 2020

I retained Peter Berger for up to and including trial if it went that far. Mr. Berger told me he thought I had a 75% chance of acquittal at trial. When it came time to plea bargain, the prosecutor offered a lesser felony including being added to the sex offender registry. Peter told me they might bargain for a misdemeanor but they'd stick to the registry. When I told him that being on the registry was a hard no, he went back and negotiated. Next the prosecutor offered a alford plea to the same felony, without the sex offender registry. I told Peter no -- If getting off the registry was the harder negotiation, I wasn't going to take a felony. The prosecutor came back with an offer for two misdemeanors, no sex offender registry. Let me take a time out to state that to this day, I believe myself innocent. I can't discuss specifics of the case due to a 5 year no contact order. So with that in mind, I had to think about it. do I risk the "25% chance of hung jury or guilty verdict" or do I take the misdemeanors. At this point, on the phone, Peter Berger made it clear that if I chose to go to trial, he would no longer represent me. To be fair - and the only reason I gave two stars on this review, I had already made my decision before his statements. I would bite the bullet and take the two misdemeanors. I waited two years until the moment my probation expired to make this complaint. I will never get over this, it haunts me daily, and in particular I cannot let his threat stand without trying to make sure the world knows what they are getting in to when they consider retaining Peter Berger.

anonymous
November 27, 2018

I hired mr Berger to represent me in a federal charge. He come to the jail and saw me twice. He wouldn’t answer my calls. When I did talk to him at the jail. It was him talking and you listening and you didn’t shed a tear or he was leaving. He would brag about his high profile murder case he had in Omaha and how i needed him to represent me. I wouldn’t suggest mr Berger

anonymous
August 19, 2020

I retained Peter Berger for up to and including trial if it went that far. Mr. Berger told me he thought I had a 75% chance of acquittal at trial. When it came time to plea bargain, the prosecutor offered a lesser felony including being added to the sex offender registry. Peter told me they might bargain for a misdemeanor but they'd stick to the registry. When I told him that being on the registry was a hard no, he went back and negotiated. Next the prosecutor offered a alford plea to the same felony, without the sex offender registry. I told Peter no -- If getting off the registry was the harder negotiation, I wasn't going to take a felony. The prosecutor came back with an offer for two misdemeanors, no sex offender registry. Let me take a time out to state that to this day, I believe myself innocent. I can't discuss specifics of the case due to a 5 year no contact order. So with that in mind, I had to think about it. do I risk the "25% chance of hung jury or guilty verdict" or do I take the misdemeanors. At this point, on the phone, Peter Berger made it clear that if I chose to go to trial, he would no longer represent me. To be fair - and the only reason I gave two stars on this review, I had already made my decision before his statements. I would bite the bullet and take the two misdemeanors. I waited two years until the moment my probation expired to make this complaint. I will never get over this, it haunts me daily, and in particular I cannot let his threat stand without trying to make sure the world knows what they are getting in to when they consider retaining Peter Berger.

anonymous
November 27, 2018

I hired mr Berger to represent me in a federal charge. He come to the jail and saw me twice. He wouldn’t answer my calls. When I did talk to him at the jail. It was him talking and you listening and you didn’t shed a tear or he was leaving. He would brag about his high profile murder case he had in Omaha and how i needed him to represent me. I wouldn’t suggest mr Berger