Berry Law Firm

Previous Law Firm Name

• Berry, Kelley & Reiman

Law Firm Overview

Several of our attorneys and staff are veterans. We have served as officers, NCOs and enlisted soldiers. Members of our team have served in the Army, Air Force and Marine Corps. From the jungles of Vietnam to the Iraqi Desert, we deployed to foreign lands to support and defend the Constitution of the United States.

Our experiences as soldiers, Marines and Airmen, combined with our background in litigation, gives us a unique and realistic perspective of how battlefield trauma must be effectively presented in order for a veteran to receive just compensation for disabilities. Any successful legal argument requires a concise application of the law to well articulated facts. Our experience practicing veterans law combined with our experience as service members, allows us to provide representation from a perspective of someone who knows the law and has experienced military service firsthand.

Firm founder John S. Berry Sr. has been practicing law since 1965. In addition, he attended the Infantry Officers' course at Fort Benning, Georgia, and the Judge Advocate General's course at Charlottesville, Virginia.

While serving as a captain during the Vietnam War, he received the Bronze Star, the Vietnamese Medal of Hold (Gold), the Cross of Gallantry With Palm and numerous additional awards and decorations. His Vietnam War memoir, "Those Gallant Men," was chosen as the Book of the Month by the Military Book Club.

Mr. Berry Sr. is a fellow of the American Board of Criminal Lawyers and past president of the Nebraska Criminal Defense Attorneys Association. Throughout his career, he has defended clients in hundreds of jury trials. He represents veterans in criminal defense cases and veterans disability benefits appeals.

His son and partner John S. Berry served as a platoon leader during Operation Joint Forge in Bosnia and later as a company commander in Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom. John S. Berry was commissioned as an infantry officer and graduated from the U.S. Army Airborne and Ranger Schools. John practices extensively in the areas of veterans disability benefits and criminal defense.

Areas of Practice

• Criminal Law
• Divorce
• Criminal Law - Federal (White Collar Crime)
• DUI/DWI
• Family Law
• PTSD
• Veterans Law
• Military Law
• White Collar Crimes
• Child Support
• Custody & Visitation
• Litigation & Appeals
• Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
• Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff

West Practice Categories

Car Accident, Child Custody, Child Support, Criminal Defense, DUI / DWI, Divorce, Family Law, Litigation & Appeals, Military, Personal Injury, White Collar Crimes