Woody Bougard

Woody Bougard was born and raised in Jennings, Louisiana as the youngest child of Mike and Jackie Bougard. Growing up, Woody attended Our Lady Immaculate Catholic School for elementary school through junior high and ultimately graduated from Jennings High School. Thereafter, Woody attended McNeese State University to obtain his undergraduate degree and went on to attend Southern University Law Center. While in law school, Woody worked as a clerk for the Honorable Judge June Darensburg, in the 24th Judicial Court, located in Gretna, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. Woody also worked as a law clerk for the Louisiana State Senate and a judicial intern for the Honorable Judge Jewel. E. “Duke” Welch at Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. 

After gaining his law degree, Woody opened The Bougard Law Office, LLC in Jennings, Louisiana, at the end of 2020 not long after Hurricanes Laura and Delta hit Southwest Louisiana. A few months after practicing in Jennings, Louisiana, Woody moved his practice to Lake Charles, Louisiana to better serve homeowners still fighting with their insurance companies to get their homes repaired from the damage left by Hurricanes Laura and Delta. The law office remained in Lake Charles primarily for the next two years, with The Bougard Law Office representing dozens of clients suffering Hurricane Laura and Delta in state court and federal court. Thereafter, in 2023, Woody opened a satellite office in the New Orleans Area to help homeowners that were affected by Hurricane Ida in the New Orleans, Houma., and Thibodeaux area.

As of 2024, The Bougard Law Office, LLC and Woody have returned to their roots of Jennings, Louisiana with the experience and knowledge of practicing in courts all over the state and representing clients in many different areas of law. The Bougard Law Office, LLC has not only recovered millions of dollars against insurance companies for homeowners and personal injury victims, but he has also served clients in areas of law such as: Wills and Trusts, Successions, Divorce and Custody, Criminal Defense, Personal Injury, Civil Lawsuits, Business Formation, Mobile Home Manufacturer Defects, Catholic Church Sex Abuse, Medical Malpractice, Motor Vehicle Accidents, and Hurricane Claims.

Throughout his life, Woody has been a parishioner at Our Lady Help of Christians Catholic Church, in Jennings, Louisiana. Currently, Woody is a member of the Louisiana Association for Justice, Jefferson Davis Parish Chamber of Commerce, The Chamber of Southwest Louisiana, Jennings Quarterback Club, Knights of Columbus, Jefferson Davis Bar Assocation, and The Southwest Louisiana Bar Association.

      LICENSES:

• State of Louisiana, 2020

• United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, 2021

• United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana, 2022

• United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 2023