Background
Bergstedt, Thomas M. was born on December 14, 1938 in Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States.
Bergstedt, Thomas M. was born on December 14, 1938 in Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States.
Tulane University of Louisiana (Bachelor of Arts, 1960. Bachelor of Laws, 1962). Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Coif.
Pi Sigma Alpha.
Editor-in-Chief, Tulane Law Review, 1961-1962. Advisory Editor, The Maritime Lawyer, since 1975.
Worked at Bergstedt & Mount (Lake Charles, Los Angeles) specializing in General Civil Practice, Trials, Admiralty, Toxic Tort Litigation, Real Estate, Oil and Gas, Business and Banking. Admitted to the bar, 1962, Louisiana. Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Coif.
Pi Sigma Alpha.
Listed in, Best Lawyers in America, 1987. Editor-in-Chief, Tulane Law Review, 1961-1962. Advisory Editor, The Maritime Lawyer, 1975.
Author: Bergstedt, "Partnership in CommendamLouisiana"s Limited Partnership," 35 Tulane Law Review 815, 1961.
Bergstedt & Murchison, "The Effect of Unitization on the Duration and Extent of Mineral Interests in Louisiana," 36 Tulane Law Review 769, 1962. "The Greening of a Minority Shareholder," Louisiana Corporation Newsletter, 1974.
Bergstedt, "Louisiana Courts & The Pollution Exclusion," The Louisiana Environmental Lawyer, Spring 1994. Member: Southwest Louisiana (President, 1972-1973), Louisiana State and American Bar Associations.
Louisiana State Law Institute.
Southwest Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel. Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel. Maritime Law Association of the United States.
Defense Research Institute.
Fellow: American Bar Foundation. Louisiana Bar Foundation.
Bergstedt & Mount was formed in 1989 by former senior partners of another area firm. The firm is now engaged in the general practice of law with some areas of more intense concentration such as personal injury defense and toxic tort litigation.
All attorneys in the firm are encouraged to pursue activities that enhance professional skills as well as those volunteer activities that make a positive contribution to both the community and to the profession at large.
Member: Southwest Louisiana (President, 1972-1973), Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Louisiana State Law Institute. Southwest Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel.
Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel.
Maritime Law Association of the United States. Defense Research Institute.
Fellow: American Bar Foundation. Louisiana Bar Foundation.