Jim Berg

Jim Berg, an attorney with the Yakima law firm Larson Berg & Perkins PLLC, joined the Virginia Mason Health System board of directors in April 2018.

Berg has been a member of the Washington State Bar Association since 1977. He is licensed to practice before all Washington State courts, United States District Courts for the Eastern and Western District of Washington, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Berg is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates and a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers. He has also served as a board member and president of the Washington Defense Trial Lawyers, and participated on Washington State Bar Association committees.

He is immediate past director and former chairman of Virginia Mason Memorial in Yakima.

Berg is a former board member and president of the Downtown Yakima Rotary Club, Yakima Rotary Trust, Provident Industries/Entrust Community Services, and Yakima Tennis Club. He is also a past board member of Yakima YMCA and St. Elizabeth Medical Center.

A native of Seattle, Berg earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Washington and his law degree from Willamette University.