Background
Doug Berry contributes property
insurance and time
element articles for IRMI.com.
Doug Berry is a partner in the Tampa office of Butler Pappas Weihmuller Katz
Craig LLP, having joined the firm in 1989 following 20 years of service in the
U.S. Marine Corps. While in the Marine Corps, Mr. Berry served as an infantry
officer in Vietnam before attending Stetson College of Law in St. Petersburg on
a military scholarship. After graduating law school, he served as a military
prosecutor, criminal defense attorney and held various other legal positions
while on active duty, including serving as a special assistant to the Assistant
Secretary of the Navy.
Since joining Butler Pappas Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP, Mr. Berry's
practice has concentrated on litigation of first- and third-party coverage
issues on behalf of insurers throughout Florida and elsewhere in the Southeast.
He is an active member of the Insurance Coverage Litigation and Property
Insurance Committees of the Tort and Insurance Practice Section of the American
Bar Association, the Defense Research Institute, and the Loss Executives
Association.
W. Douglas Berry is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and Stetson College
of Law and also holds an MS degree from the University of Southern California
and an LLM degree from George Washington University.