Allen Broussard

Allen Edgar Broussard (April 13, 1929 – November 5, 1996) was an American attorney who rose to become an associate justice of the California Supreme Court from July 22, 1981, to August 31, 1991. Biography Broussard was born in Lake Charles, Louisiana, the son of Clemire and Eugenia Broussard (née Rochon). At the age of sixteen, he moved with his family to California, where his father was a longshoreman, and his mother worked as a seamstress. His parents were of Creole ancestry. As a young man, Broussard held various part-time jobs, including selling shoes and working in a canning plant. He financed his own education, first at San Francisco City College, then the University of California at Berkeley, and the University of California, Berkeley School of Law. At Boalt, he was vice-president of the Boalt Hall Law Students Association and a contributor to the California Law Review. After graduating in 1953, he served in the United States Army for two years. After completing Basic Army Administration school as a clerk typist, he became a Chaplain's assistant in Germany, where he served for 19 months. After leaving the Army, he became the research attorney for Raymond E. Peters, Presiding Justice of the California Court of Appeal, First District, Division One. In 1959, Broussard entered private practice with Wilson, Metoyer & Sweeny.