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Steven J. Berryman / Partner
Professional Experience
Steven J. Berryman handles business litigation in trial and appellate courts all over the country. He also chairs the Milwaukee Commercial Litigation Group. His primary focus includes trade secret, unfair competition, antitrust and professional negligence claims. Mr. Berryman’s representative matters include:
  • Negotiating a settlement requiring a competitor of our Fortune 100 client to redesign its entire product line, based on engineering designs actually approved by our manufacturing client, and following discovery in trade secret and copyright infringement litigation.

  • Litigating as plaintiff’s counsel a multimillion dollar trade secret case on behalf of a Fortune 100 company that designs and manufactures high-tech components for the aerospace industry.

  • Filing trade secret and Lanham Act litigation on behalf of a toy manufacturer and ultimately requiring competitor to alter competing product designs, notify customers, and modify advertising materials and website.

  • Convincing a federal District Court to overturn a $32 million default entered (prior to the Firm’s retention) against a Wisconsin client, and following a week-long, multiparty mediation which failed to result in settlement.

  • Arguing before the Wisconsin Supreme Court regarding whether Wisconsin should adopt the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Brooke Group v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Group, 509 U.S. 209 (1993), which established the requirements for proving a predatory pricing antitrust claim; whether the stringent standard governing the admissibility of expert testimony set forth in Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharm., Inc., 509 U.S. 579 (1993), affects the applicability of Brooke Group to Wisconsin law; and whether Wisconsin should adopt the federal disaggregation of damages concept.

  • Defending a Fortune 100 diversified industrial manufacturer with multi-billion dollars in annual worldwide sales, in business litigation, including antitrust, contract and trade secret litigation pending in state and federal courts throughout the United States.

  • Defending international insurance broker and risk management consulting firm in professional liability claims pending in various state and federal courts. 
Education and Honors
  • Northwestern University School of Law (J.D., 1995)
    Northwestern University Journal of International Law and Business (Note and Comment Editor).
  • University of Nebraska (B.A., 1991)
    Triple major in Philosophy, English, and Political Science.
Bar Admissions
Wisconsin, 1996

Professional Recognition
  • Selected for inclusion in Wisconsin Super Lawyers®–Rising Star Editions 2007 & 2008 Editions (Business Litigation). 

  • Nominee, Fellows of the American Bar Foundation, 2009.  

  • Selected by Benchmark Litigation, “Future Star,” 2009. 
     
  • Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America, Trial Lawyer Honorary Society, 2010.

Professional and Civic Activities
  • Law Clerk to the Honorable Judge John L. Coffey, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 1998-1999.

  • Law Intern to the Honorable Chief Judge Richard Sievers, Nebraska Court of Appeals, 1993.

  • State Bar of Wisconsin (Member).

  • Milwaukee Bar Association (Member).

  • American Bar Association (Member, Appellate Practice, Litigation and Antitrust Litigation Sections).

  • Wisconsin Bar Association (Member, Eastern District).
Selected Presentations/Publications
Co-author (with Natalie Remington), “Locked down,” Corporate Report Wisconsin, September 8, 2010.

Speaker, “Real Life Lessons on Protecting Company Trade Secrets,” Q&B client seminar, January 21, 2009.

 

Speaker, “But that’s not what anybody meant: What contract drafters can learn from litigators,” Q&B client seminar, March 30, 2007.

 

Speaker, “Document Retention Policies, E-discovery and Spoliation: Protecting your Company against Exposure and Liability,” Wisconsin Association of Corporate Counsel of America, September 22, 2006.