--- title: "Terrence George Berg | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/terrence-george-berg" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-09" --- # Terrence George Berg U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan · Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan - State: Michigan - Role: Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Judge, District Court, E.D. Michigan, 2012-present - acting first assistant U.S. attorney, Middle District of Georgia (on detail), 2010-present - United States district judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, appointed by President Barack Obama in 2012 and confirmed by the Senate on December 6, 2012 - attorney, Professional Misconduct Review Unit, U.S. Department of Justice (on detail), 2011-2012 - Assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of Michigan, 2003-2012 - Assistant attorney general and chief of High Tech Crime Unit, State of Michigan, 1999-2003 - Computer crime fellow, Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section, U.S. Department of Justice, 1999-2000 - Assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of Michigan, 1989-1999 - Law clerk, Hon. Anthony A. Alaimo, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Georgia, 1986-1987 - He held the role of Editor-in-Chief of the Georgetown Journal of International Law and was a law clerk to Judge Anthony A. Alaimo of the Southern District of Georgia (1986–1987) - He also taught at the U.S. Department of Justice’s National Advocacy Center, the FBI Academy, and as an adjunct professor at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law ### Education - J.D. cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center in 1986 - B.S. magna cum laude from Georgetown University in 1981 - University of Michigan ### Additional information - Berg was nominated April 25, 2012 to replace Arthur J. Tarnow, confirmed by the Senate by voice vote, and began service December 7, 2012. - interim U.S. attorney, 2008-2010 - first assistant U.S. attorney, 2005-2008 - Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1987-1989 - Berg was born in Detroit, Michigan, in August 1959 and raised in Madison Heights before moving to Grosse Pointe Park, where he graduated from Grosse Pointe South High School in 1977. - Date of birth: 1959-01-01 - He presides over a broad range of civil and criminal cases in the Eastern District of Michigan - Birth place: Detroit, MI ## Before you appear - Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed. - Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance. - Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding. ## Courtroom Rules ### civil remote testimony Scope: courtwide In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards. Evidence excerpt: For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location. [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### criminal recording and broadcasting Scope: courtwide Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception. Evidence excerpt: Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom. [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1394071) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1394071) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1394071) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/258/terrence-george-berg/) - [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) - [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/258/terrence-george-berg/) - [Wikidata: Terrence G. Berg](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7703465) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/terrence-george-berg", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/terrence-george-berg", "name": "Terrence George Berg | KnowJudges", "description": "Terrence George Berg, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. 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Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-civil-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27. - [Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, December 1, 2025](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-8721a344fececced2257fe1d) — Criminal proceedings in United States District Courts; this conservative mapping does not distribute appellate-specific provisions to appellate judges. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.