History of The Bagert Law Firm

Our lawyers, our traditions, our values and our clients are the sum of a law practice that was started over one hundred years ago by a highly esteemed lawyer who achieved a national reputation. His name was Bernard J. Daly. His neighbors called him Ben.

Humble Beginnings

Ben Daly studied law while tending a grocery store in a working class New Orleans neighborhood. He was widely admired by his clients. One of them, a carpenter, so admired his lawyer that he decided to give his son the name of his lawyer. The carpenter named his son Bernard J. Bagert.

Twenty-two years later, Bernard J. Bagert became a lawyer and began practicing with Mr. Daly and his partner, Walter Hamlin. By then, Mr. Daly was very well known for his many successes on behalf of clients in criminal as well as business cases.

Off to War

The young Mr. Bagert practiced law with them for eight years. Then World War II erupted and the young lawyer's practice was set aside for military service. By the time Bagert returned home to resume practicing law, Mr. Daly had died and Mr. Hamlin had become a district judge. Hamlin eventually became Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court.

Mr. Bagert quickly earned a reputation as a bright and personable lawyer. His fellow war veterans, recognizing Mr. Bagert’s leadership traits, elected him to head their veteran’s organization. Several years later his community elected him to the bench.

A New Generation

Judge Bagert's son, Bernard J. Bagert, Jr., followed the calling of his father. He distinguished himself in law school by earning induction into the national honor society and his classmates (who also called him “Ben”) elected him president of the law school's student body. Upon graduation he began practicing law and soon thereafter was associated with the grandson of Ben Daly, thus reuniting the line and traditions of the lawyers that began practicing in 1900.

Ben Bagert soon distinguished himself as a skilled lawyer. At the age of 24 he was elected to the Louisiana State Legislature and at 27 he had his first victory in the Louisiana Supreme Court. He was reelected to the legislature five more times.

He bowed out of public office in 1992 in order to devote full time to this law practice. To learn more about Mr. Bagert's accomplishments, please visit our attorney profiles page.

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