Background
Bergan, William Luke was born on September 3, 1939 in Auburn, New York, United States. Son of Luke Joseph and Mary Beatrice (Twyne) Bergan.
Bergan, William Luke was born on September 3, 1939 in Auburn, New York, United States. Son of Luke Joseph and Mary Beatrice (Twyne) Bergan.
Bachelor summa cum laude, Niagara University, Niagara Falls, New York, 1961. Juris Doctor magna cum laude, Syracuse University, 1964.
Worked at Bond, Schoeneck & King, Limited Liability Partnership (Syracuse, New York) specializing in General Trial and Appellate Practice before all State and Federal Courts. Administrative, Banking, Bankruptcy, Bonding and Corporate Finance, Construction, Corporate, Creditors" Rights, Emerging Business, Employee Benefits, Employment Law Litigation, Environmental, Estate Planning, First Amendment, Health Care, Higher Education, Insurance Defense, Intellectual Property, International, Labor and Employment, Legislative, Media, Municipal, Pension, Personal Injury, Probate, Products Liability, Professional Malpractice, Real Estate, School, Taxation, White Collar Criminal Defense and Zoning Law. Admitted to the bar, 1964, New New York
Order of the Coif.
Member, Justinian Honorary Law Society. Notes Editor, Syracuse Law Review, 1963-1964. Member, Board of Directors, American Arbitration Association, 1984.
Member: Onondaga County, New York State (Chairman, Labor and Employment Law Section, 1981-1982.
Member, Executive Committee, Labor and Employment Law Section, 1976) and American Bar Associations. National Association of College and University Attorneys.
Since 1897 Bond, Schoeneck & King has grown to become one of the 250 largest law firms in the United States. From a general practice, the firm now includes 21 distinct practice areas with offices in eight cities and three states.
Trustee, past president parish council St. John the Evangelist Church, Syracuse, since 1993. Captain United States Army, 1964-1966. Fellow American Bar Foundation, College Labor and Employment Lawyers.
Member American Bar Association, New York State Bar Association (chairman labor and employment law section 1981-1982, executive committee since 1976), Onondaga County Bar Association, National Association College and University Attorneys, American Arbitration Association (board directors 1984-2000), Greater Syracuse C. of Chamber (board directors 1992-1996), Niagara University Alumni Association, Century Club Syracuse.
Married Marilyn Terese Meister, August 8, 1964 (deceased May 1990). Children: William Luke, Elizabeth M., Ann G. Married Frances Maureen West, January 2, 1993.