Randall C. Berg, Jr.

Randall Challen Berg Jr. is the Executive Director of the Florida Justice Institute, Inc., a public interest law firm in Miami which he established in 1978. Mr. Berg has conducted and been involved in numerous individual and class action lawsuits that strive to improve conditions in Florida's prison and jails over the last three decades. He is past Chairman of the Corrections Committee of The Florida Bar, and a past President of the ACLU of Florida. He served on Florida Governor Chiles' Transition Criminal Justice Task Force, and several legislative committees dealing with criminal justice and corrections issues. He has been an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Miami School of Law, and directs the Volunteer Lawyers' Project for the U.S. District Court for Florida's Southern District

Biography

Mr. Berg was born in Columbus, GA to Randall Challen Berg and Margaret Baker Berg. He spent most of his childhood in Jacksonville, FL, graduating from Robert E. Lee High School in 1967. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, graduating in 1971 with a BA in political science and minor in english. He served 3 years in the U.S. Navy, stationed out of Treasure Island, CA and achieved the rank of Lieutenant Junior Grade. Mr. Berg attended George Mason University School of Law, graduating in in 1980. He married Carol Ann Eby in 1978 and then moved to Miami to start the Florida Justice Institute. He has a son, Randall Challen Berg III, who was born in 1987. His son is currently attending the University of North Carolina.

References

*Findlaw [http://pview.findlaw.com/view/1032830_1 "Randall C. Berg Jr."] , FindLaw
*Commission on Safety & Abuse in America's Prisons [http://www.prisoncommission.org/public_hearing_3_witness_berg.asp "Randall Berg"]

External links

*Padgett, Tim [http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1672366,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics "What's Wrong With Florida's Prisons"] , "Time", October 17, 2007. Accessed February 18, 2008.