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Evan J. Bergeron

Advocacy Center Program Director and Adjunct Professor

Education

J.D., Loyola University New Orleans, 2011

B.A., Louisiana State University, 2007

Assumption High School, 2003

Departments

  • College of Law
  • Law

Bio

Evan J. 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 also teaches advanced appellate and advanced trial advocacy to Loyola's Advocacy Center students.

A 2011 cum laude graduate of the 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.

Professor Bergeron also practices law with the law firm of Winston Bergeron, LLP, where he is a founding partner. During his career, he has tried three jury trials to verdict and over ten bench trials. Professor Bergeron has also authored numerous briefs and writ applications to state and federal courts of appeal and given several oral arguments at the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and state appellate courts.

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.

                        
                

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, 2018—Present

Member, New Orleans Bar Association LGBTQ+ Committee