Glenn C. McGovern

Glenn C. McGovern is the founder of a Metairie law practice and has built a civil trial practice over several decades. McGovern’s listed areas include Motorcycle Accidents, Personal Injury, Discrimination, Harassment, and Civil Rights. His broader background also includes toxic tort and product liability litigation.

McGovern earned a J.D. from Loyola University New Orleans School of Law in 1977 and a B.S. in Economics from the University of New Orleans in 1974. At Loyola, he served in student leadership. His legal and economics education supports analysis of liability, damages, employment issues, civil-rights claims, and the financial consequences of injury, while decades of trial work have added practical experience with evidence, motions, witnesses, and courtroom strategy.

McGovern has represented clients in personal injury, motorcycle, civil-rights, discrimination, and related litigation and has also lectured on employment law, police liability, trial techniques, and aviation law. His professional activities include service in trial-law and employment-law organizations and participation in pro bono work. He is admitted in Louisiana and multiple federal courts and has handled matters requiring both state and federal litigation experience.

Glenn C. McGovern has received an AV peer-review rating and has been listed in Louisiana Super Lawyers in prior years. He has also served in leadership roles within trial-law and civil-rights sections. His practice combines long litigation experience with a focus on people harmed by accidents, discrimination, alleged civil-rights violations, and other wrongful conduct, helping clients develop facts and present claims through negotiation or trial.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Law Office of Glenn C. McGovern
• Member, Louisiana State Bar Association
• Member, Board of Governors, Louisiana Association for Justice
• Past President, New Orleans Academy of Trial Lawyers
• Past President, Louisiana Employment Lawyers Association
• Member and Speaker/Panel Member, National Employment Lawyers Association
• Member, American Association for Justice
• Member, Lawyers Pilot Bar Association
• Member, National Transportation Safety Board Bar Association
• Participating Member, New Orleans Bar Association
• Member, Airplane Owners and Pilots Association

Licensed State

• Louisiana

Education

• Loyola University New Orleans School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• University of New Orleans
  Bachelor of Science (BS) in Major: Economics

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