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Chambers USA 2010 wrote, "Pierre Bergeron is highlighted as an emerging talent who 'manages complicated legal situations very well,' and for his effective appellate work."
The Sixth Circuit Appellate Blog
Contributor to the Squire Sanders Sixth Circuit Appellate Blog, which discusses news and opinions from the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
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Pierre H. Bergeron
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Pierre H. Bergeron is the chair of the firm’s Appellate & Supreme Court Practice Group. Mr. Bergeron formerly clerked for The Honorable David A. Nelson of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, and is a frequent author and speaker on appellate practice. Mr. Bergeron was a contributing author to the Sixth Circuit Practice Manual and published articles on appellate practice in Emory Law Journal and Tennessee Law Review. He is also the director of the Appellate Litigation Clinic at the University of Cincinnati and has taught appellate practice and procedure. Mr. Bergeron has significant US Supreme Court experience. He argued a case under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act before the Court in 2007 and served as co-counsel on a Federal Arbitration Act case decided by the Court in 2006. Mr. Bergeron has also played a lead role in certiorari petitions and oppositions including a recent successful opposition to a Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) case in which the Third Circuit overturned a multimillion-dollar judgment and an Eleventh Circuit case in which the court vacated a foreign antisuit injunction. He also led the amicus efforts in a case before the Court concerning federal jurisdiction under the Federal Arbitration Act. Mr. Bergeron handles a variety of appellate matters across the country. He is currently handling cases in several federal circuits and state appellate courts including the defense of a more than US$30 million judgment in an unfair competition and defamation case. He was also recently retained to lead the postjudgment and appellate proceedings for two separate adverse multimillion-dollar jury verdicts in products liability cases. He has argued numerous times before the federal appellate courts, the Ohio Supreme Court and the Ohio Courts of Appeals. Mr. Bergeron was selected for inclusion in the 2009 edition of Ohio Super Lawyers–Rising Stars, a distinction recognizing lawyers under the age of 40 or those in practice for 10 years or less. He is also listed as a future star in Ohio by Benchmark: Litigation.
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Practices
Bios
Main
Education
University of Virginia, J.D., executive editor, Journal of Law and Politics, 1999Centre College, B.A., cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 1996
Admissions
Ohio,
1999
District of Columbia,
2009
Kentucky,
2005
Courts
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Ct. of App., Second Circuit
U.S. Ct. of App., Fifth Circuit
U.S. Ct. of App., Sixth Circuit
U.S. Ct. of App., Seventh Circuit
U.S. Ct. of App., Ninth Circuit
U.S. Ct. of App., Eleventh Circuit
U.S. Ct. of App., District of Columbia Circuit
U.S. Dist. Ct., E. Dist. of Kentucky
U.S. Dist. Ct., W. Dist. of Kentucky
U.S. Dist. Ct., E. Dist. of Michigan
U.S. Dist. Ct., S. Dist. of Ohio
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