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Evan J. Bergeron

Advocacy Center Director and Professor of Practice

Education

J.D., Loyola University New Orleans, 2011

B.A., Louisiana State University, 2007

Assumption High School, 2003

Departments

  • College of Law
  • Law

Bio

Professor Bergeron joined the Advocacy Center in 2020 as its teams coordinator before being elevated to Director in 2021. He manages the Advocacy Center generally and oversees its constituent programs, including Alternative Dispute Resolution, International Advocacy, Moot Court, and Trial Advocacy. Professor Bergeron is responsible for the overall mission of the Advocacy Center, including event planning, development, marketing, and team success. Professor Bergeron’s teaching focus is advanced appellate advocacy and procedure.

Professor Bergeron has also been designated a Board Certified Appellate Practice Specialist by the Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization. He practices law with the law firm of Winston Bergeron, LLP, where is a founding partner. He has handled over twenty-five appellate matters and delivered more than ten oral arguments to Louisiana courts of appeal and the U.S. Fifth Circuit. He has likewise tried three jury and fifteen bench trials to verdict.

A 2021 cum laude graduate of Loyola New Orleans College of Law, Professor Bergeron was an active member of Moot Court. He competed on Loyola's First Amendment Moot Court Team and was a national semifinalist. He also served as a member of the Moot Court Board and coached two teams to great success.

Prior to joining the Loyola community, Professor Bergeron worked at the law firms of Deutsch Kerrigan, LLP in New Orleans and Hailey, McNamara, Hall, Larmann, & Papale, LLP in Metairie.


Admissions to Practice

The Supreme Court of the United States

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

The United States District Courts for the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Louisiana

The State of Louisiana

                        
                

Affiliations

                
                

Member, Louisiana State Bar Association House of Delegates, 2017—Present

Member, New Orleans Bar Association

Member, Francophone Section of Louisiana State Bar Association

Member, Louisiana State Board of Social Work Examiners and Chair of the Committee on Rules, 2018—2025

Member, New Orleans Bar Association LGBTQ+ Committee