Education
Bachelor, University of Wisconsin, 1969; Master of Arts, American U., 1971; Juris Doctor, Louisiana State University, 1977.
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Helen Ginger Berrigan
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Helen Ginger Berrigan, American Federal judge. Active Committee of 21, 1989, president, 1990-1992, American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana, 1989-1994, Forum for Equality, 1990-1994, Amistad Research Center Tulane University, 1990-1995. Member Louisiana State Bar Association (member federal 5th circuit since 1986), Louisiana Association Criminal Defense Lawyers, New Orleans Association Women Attorneys.
Career
Staff researcher, Senator Harold E. Hughes, 1971-1972; legislation aide, Senator Joseph E. Biden, 1972-1973; assistant to mayor, City of Fayette, Mississippi, 1973-1974; law clerk, Louisiana Department Corrections, 1975-1977; staff attorney, Governor Pardon, Parole and Rehabilitation Commission, 1977-1978; principal, Gravel Brady & Berrigan, New Orleans, 1978-1994; principal, Berrigan, Litchfield, Schonekas, Mann & Clement, New Orleans, 1984-1994; judge, United States District Court (eastern district) Louisiana, New Orleans, since 1994. Active Louisiana Sentencing Commission, 1987.
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Membership
Active Committee of 21, 1989, president, 1990-1992, American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana, 1989-1994, Forum for Equality, 1990-1994, Amistad Research Center Tulane University, 1990-1995. Member Louisiana State Bar Association (member federal 5th circuit since 1986), Louisiana Association Criminal Defense Lawyers, New Orleans Association Women Attorneys.
