John Stevens Berry

Child Custody, Mediation
2650 North 48th Street, P.O. Box 4554
Lincoln, Nebraska 68504


Child Custody

Admitted

1965, Nebraska and U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska; 1970, U.S. Court of Military Appeals; 1973, U.S. District Court, District of South Dakota; 1974, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 1975, U.S. Tax Court; 1979, U.S. Supreme Court; 1996, U.S

Law School

Northwestern University, J.D., 1965

Law School Graduation Year

1965

College

Stanford University, B.A., 1960

Memberships

Nebraska State and Federal (Member, Veterans' Law Section) Bar Associations; Nebraska Association of Trial Attorneys; Nebraska Criminal Defense Attorney Association (President, 1991-1992; Chairman, Committee on Expert Witnesses and Forensic Sciences, 1985-1989); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; California Attorneys for Criminal Justice; American Academy of Forensic Science; National Organization of Veterans' Advocates

Biographical

Recipient: Bronze Star, Vietnamese Medal of Honor First Class (Gold); Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry (with Palm); FBI Award for Service in the Public Interest. Chief Defense Counsel, II Field Force, Vietnam, 1968-1969 and The Presidio, San Francisco, 1969-1970. Author: Those Gallant Men: On Trial in Vietnam, Presidio Press, 1984. Special Counsel, Franklin Committee of the Nebraska State Legislature, 1990. Fellow: American Board of Criminal Lawyers; Robert Van Pelt Chapter, Inns of Court (Member, Executive Board of Directors, 1990-1993; President, 1992-1993).

Military

Capt., JAGC, 1968-1970