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Mr. Berger is a partner in Keller and Heckman’s Washington DC office and heads Keller and Heckman’s Indianapolis satellite office.

Mr. Berger has extensive experience in representing foreign and domestic companies, large and small, in a broad range of areas, including counseling, advocacy, and rulemaking in environmental law, occupational safety and health law, contracts, EPA enforcement proceedings, and chemical and product liability management.  Mr. Berger assists clients in bringing new products to market in an expedient, cost-effective manner using an interdisciplinary approach that combines law and science with an emphasis on emerging technologies in the industrial chemicals area.  Mr. Berger frequently undertakes matters that involve polymers and complex chemical nomenclature issues.

Mr. Berger’s practice focuses on the regulation and approval of new and existing chemicals under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and its international counterparts in Australia, Canada, China, the European Union, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, South Korea, and Taiwan.  Mr. Berger also counsels trade association clients on various matters, including environmental, product disparagement, and defense issues.  Mr. Berger is heavily involved in efforts to “reform” TSCA, EPA’s Chemical Data Reporting (CDR) rule, TSCA “Work Plan Chemicals,” and “green chemistry” issues. 

Education: Michigan State University (B.S., Chemical Engineering, 1987); George Washington University (J.D., cum laude, 1993).