Phil Berger Jr.

Phil Berger Jr.
Associate Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
Incumbent
Assumed office January 1, 2021
Preceded by	Paul Martin Newby
Judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals
In office January 1, 2017 – December 31, 2020
Preceded by	Linda Stephens
Succeeded by	Darren Jackson
Personal details
Born	(1972-03-26) March 26, 1972 (age 52)
Political party	Republican
Relatives	Phil Berger Sr. (father)
Education	University of North Carolina, Wilmington (BA) Wake Forest University (JD)

Philip Berger Jr. (born March 26, 1972) is an American lawyer who has served as an associate justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court since 2021.

Berger was elected to a seat on the North Carolina Court of Appeals in 2016, defeating incumbent Judge Linda Stephens.^[1] In the 2020 judicial elections, while still serving on that court, he was elected as a Republican to an eight-year term to begin January 1, 2021, as a justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, taking the seat formerly held by Justice Paul Martin Newby and defeating a fellow Court of Appeals Judge Lucy Inman.^[2]

Berger's father is longtime North Carolina Senate President pro tempore Phil Berger. Berger formerly served as district attorney in Rockingham County, North Carolina, and as an administrative law judge. He was an unsuccessful candidate for Congress in 2014.