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.
Berger formerly served as district attorney in Rockingham County, North Carolina, and as an administrative law judge.
[4] Berger Jr. faced calls to recuse himself from a case involving a North Carolina voter ID law in which his father was a named-defendant.
[5] Berger Jr. ultimately did not recuse himself in that case,[6] writing a dissent from the majority's holding against his father.