Areas of Practice
- Antitrust & Trade Regulation
- Business & Commercial Litigation
- Class Action Defense
- Economic Development
- Energy
- Telecommunications & Utilities
Education
- University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 1979
- University of Virginia, B.A., 1972, with distinction; Echols Scholar; Omicron Delta Kappa; Raven Society; Dean's List; NROTC Scholarship; Intermediate Honors
Bar Admissions
- Louisiana, 1979
Court Admissions
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1984
- 5th Cir., 1980
- 11th Cir., 1999
- E.D. La., 1979
- M.D. La., 1981
- W.D. La., 1980
professionalsBio
Ned Bergin’s practice focuses on commercial litigation with emphasis on utility regulation, complex and class action litigation, contract litigation, energy litigation, and antitrust. Mr. Bergin’s public utility regulatory practice focuses primarily on practice before the Louisiana Public Service Commission, where he has represented telecommunications and electric companies, water and sewer companies, and certain large industrial consumers.
Noteworthy
- Listed in the The Best Lawyers in America® 2008 (Copyright 2007 Woodward/White, Inc., Aiken, SC) in the area of Commercial Litigation (listed annually since 2006)
News
- Fifty-Two Jones Walker Attorneys Named in The Best Lawyers in America® 2008; Jones Walker Top-Listed in Louisiana
- Fifty-Two Jones Walker Attorneys Named in The Best Lawyers in America® 2007
- Jones Walker Named to New Orleans CityBusiness’ Innovators of the Year 2006
- Forty-Eight Jones Walker Attorneys Named in The Best Lawyers in America® 2006
- Jones Walker Sponsors the A. Leon Higginbotham Corporate Leadership Award Dinner
Publications
- "Force Majeure Issues Relating to Katrina"
September 26, 2005
Memberships
- American Bar Association (Member, Sections on Litigation, Antitrust Law, and Public Utility, Communications and Transportation Law)
- Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater New Orleans (Honorary Board Member and Former President)
- Friends of the Cabildo (Member, Board and Executive Committee)
- Louisiana State Bar Association (Assistant Bar Examiner, Torts; Member, Legislation Committee)
- New Orleans Bar Association
