Before joining the bench, she served as a state deputy attorney general from 1976 to 1979, and then was in private practice as Skadden, Arps, Slate Meagher & Flom from 1979 to 1984.
She was appointed to the Delaware Supreme Court by then-Governor Tom Carper on July 22, 1994, reappointed in 2006, and retired on September 1, 2014.
While serving on the Delaware Supreme Court, Justice Berger participated in landmark decisions addressing directors’ fiduciary duties and corporate governance issues.
She authored the Lyondell Chemical Co. opinion, finding that the directors acted properly when they agreed to sell the company, and the Unocal Exploration Co. opinion, approving a “short form” merger without regard to price.
[5] During her career, Justice Berger has been involved in community service as a member of the board of directors of the Delaware Region of the National Conference of Christians & Jews, Inc., the Jewish Federation of Delaware, and The Milton & Hattie Kutz Home, Inc. She also served as president of the Kutz Home and chair of its search committee for a new executive director.