Bremer Whyte Brown & O'Meara

John J. Belanger is the managing partner of Bremer Whyte Brown & O'Meara LLP’s office in Phoenix, Arizona.  Mr. Belanger has extensive experience in complex insurance defense litigation, including construction defect matters and wrongful death claims.  His practice areas also include business litigation, contract and corporate law.

Mr. Belanger was born in Traverse City, Michigan but spent most of his childhood in Phoenix, Arizona.  He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree, Cum Laude, in English from the University of Arizona in 1998.  As a Dean Scholarship recipient, Mr. Belanger attended Pepperdine University School of Law and obtained his Juris Doctor degree, Cum Laude, in 2002.  He also obtained a Certificate in Alternative Dispute Resolution form the nationally recognized Strauss Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine University.

While attending law school, Mr. Belanger externed with the Honorable Lawrence Anderson in the United States District Court, District of Arizona.  Mr. Belanger was also a certified high school basketball referee for both the California Interscholastic Federation and the Arizona Interscholastic Association.  Mr. Belanger has over a decade of experience working as a metal stud framer and drywall journeyman. 

Mr. Belanger is admitted to practice law before the United States Supreme Court and all Arizona State Courts as well as the United States District Court, District of Arizona and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.  Mr. Belanger is a member of the Arizona State Bar, the American Bar Association and the Maricopa County Bar Association.  He maintains active membership in the Construction Section of the Arizona State Bar.