Bernard E. Boudreaux, Jr. Partner—Baton Rouge Phone 225.381.8017 Fax 225.387.5397 beb@bswllp.com

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Bernie Boudreaux’s principal areas of practice are in corporate representation, business negotiations, joint ventures and business dispute resolution.  He served as executive counsel to Governor M.J. Foster, Jr. from 2000 to 2004. During that time he successfully mediated or negotiated settlement of disputes between Harrah’s, Inc. and the New Orleans Restaurant and Hotel Association, Harrah’s, Inc. and the State of Louisiana, the New Orleans Saints and the State of Louisiana, and the three Louisiana Indian tribes and the State of Louisiana as to renewal of gaming compacts. Mr. Boudreaux successfully mediated the end of the forty-seven year old desegregation litigation between the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board, the United States Department of Justice and the NAACP after having been appointed mediator by U.S. District Judge John Brady. Mr. Boudreaux is a registered Louisiana Civil Mediator.

Education

Captain in the USAF, Judge Advocate’s Department, 1961- 1964.

Paul M. Hebert Law School, Louisiana State University, J.D., 1961.

University of Louisiana, B.A., 1960

Admissions

Admitted to practice before all Louisiana courts, United States District Courts in Louisiana, the United States Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court.

Employment

District Attorney, 16th Judicial District of Louisiana, Parishes of Iberia, St. Martin and St. Mary for eighteen years, and as an assistant district attorney for fifteen years before that.  During that time he represented parish governing authorities and school boards, as well as hospital service districts and other public entities in those parishes.  He was city attorney for Franklin, Louisiana from 1968 to 1982.

Awards and Honors

Listed in the 2012 edition of Louisiana Super Lawyers in the area of Business/Corporate

Professional Associations

Chairman of the Board of Directors of and General Counsel for Sterling Sugars, Inc.

Member of the Board of Directors of Dore Energy, Inc.

Member of the Board of Directors of AVOCA, Inc.

Member of the LSU Board of Supervisors 1998-2006 (Chairman: 2005-2006)

Member of the Louisiana State Law Institute

Adjunct Professor, Louisiana State University Law School 2004 - present

Served on the Louisiana Supreme Court Committees as to Cameras in the Courtroom, Appellate Court Delay, and Post Conviction Relief

Member of the Board of Directors of the Louisiana District Attorneys Association

Served as Director of the Louisiana District Attorneys Retirement System (and chaired its committee on the Louisiana Code of Evidence at the time of the adoption of the code); served as president of the Louisiana District Attorneys Association

Former member of the Louisiana Judicial College

Former member of the Board of Directors of First National Bank in St. Mary Parish

Former advisory board member for Whitney National Bank

2006 Inductee - Louisiana Justice Hall of Fame

Publications

Co-author of the Louisiana Sentencing Guidelines Manual, West Publishing Company, 1993

Presentations

Lecturer at the LSU Law Center on "Criminal Law and Procedure"

Guest lecturer at CLE programs at LSU Law Center, the Louisiana Judicial College, and the Louisiana District Attorneys Association

Lectured at Austral University Law School, Ditella University Law School and Catholic University of Argentina Law School; and the Louisiana State Bar Association