Christine Changho Bruneau is a versatile trial litigator with over 28 years of wide-ranging experience. She focuses primarily on complex civil defense litigation on behalf of corporate clients, but also handles successions/probate and corporate dissolution matters. Chrissy has managed demanding dockets of multi-party cases throughout Louisiana, Texas, and Mississippi. She has been involved in over 100 judge and jury trials in civil and criminal courts, and argued successfully before the Louisiana Supreme Court.
Among her many professional and community activities, Chrissy founded the Louisiana Asian Pacific American Bar Association, of which she was President until 2023. She was a founding member of the National Filipino Lawyers Association and served as its original Southwest Regional Governor from 2013-2016.
Chrissy is a frequent speaker and panelist at Tulane, LSU, Loyola, and Southern University Law Schools. She has also presented to the Louisiana State Bar Association, American Bar Association, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and Northshore Region Human Resources Association.
Honors and Recognition
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Founder and Former President, Louisiana Asian Pacific American Bar Association
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Fellow, Louisiana Bar Foundation
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Member, National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
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Member, National Filipino-American Lawyers Association
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Member, DRI
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Member, American Bar Association
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(504) 356-5118
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New Orleans, LA
Education
Tulane University School of Law J.D. Certificate in Environmental Law Environmental Law Clinic
Kansas State University B.A. Anthropology and American Ethnic Studies Kansas Archeological Field School Graduated Phi Beta Kappa
Bar Admissions
Louisiana
Court Admissions
United States District Court, Eastern, Middle, & Western Districts of Louisiana United States District Court, Southern District of Texas United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit United States Supreme Court