Stephen Berger

Stephen Berger came to the law by an unusual road, and injury victims tend to feel the difference. Before he ever argued a case, he built a successful career as a Hollywood screenwriter — a background that made him a natural storyteller and an attorney who genuinely likes talking with the people he represents. He now practices plaintiff’s personal injury law with Thompson Law Injury Lawyers, a contingency firm serving accident victims in Texas, Georgia, Arizona, and California.

Berger’s legal experience runs deeper than his second-career start might suggest. Admitted to the Georgia Bar in 2012, he spent twelve years handling civil litigation, family law, and personal injury matters before turning his full attention to representing injured plaintiffs. He earned his California Bar admission in 2025 and now concentrates on pre-litigation injury work — the critical negotiation phase where most claims are actually won or lost, and where an attorney’s persistence with adjusters directly shapes the size of a settlement.

His academic record is distinctive. Berger earned both a bachelor’s degree in philosophy and a Master of Fine Arts in theater, film, and television from UCLA before pursuing his law degree at Georgia State University College of Law. There he was a member of the Charles Weltner Longstreet Inn of Court and received a CALI award recognizing him as the top student in his land use law course. Having split his life between Atlanta and Los Angeles, he brings big-city litigation instincts from two of the country’s largest legal markets.

What clients notice first, though, is his outlook. Berger describes his work as representing the Davids of the world against Goliath insurance companies, and he means it — he is drawn to the imbalance of power between an injured person and a billion-dollar insurer, and to leveling it. People who hire him learn quickly that he is squarely in their corner regardless of the odds.

Berger is a strong fit for accident victims who want an experienced, communicative advocate managing their claim before a lawsuit is ever filed — someone who will push the insurance company hard in negotiations, explain each step in plain language, and treat the client as a person rather than a file number. Consultations through Thompson Law are free, and clients pay no fee unless their case results in a recovery.