Collin R Melancon

Collin Melancon | Louisiana Sexual Abuse and Personal Injury Attorney

Collin Melancon is a Louisiana personal injury lawyer and founding partner of Mansfield Melancon Injury Lawyers, where he represents survivors of sexual abuse and people seriously injured through the negligence of others throughout Louisiana. His practice centers on civil sexual abuse litigation, including clergy abuse, child sexual abuse, and institutional abuse claims against churches, schools, hospitals, counseling providers, and other organizations that failed to protect those in their care. He represents survivors bringing claims under Louisiana’s look-back window for child sexual abuse (La. R.S. 9:), as well as victims of crime pursuing civil remedies.

Collin also handles wrongful death, catastrophic injury, car and truck accident, premises liability, casino injury, and civil rights cases. He is licensed in all Louisiana state courts, the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Louisiana, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Collin began his career at a New Orleans defense firm, where he learned how insurance companies and institutional defendants evaluate and defend claims. In March 2018, he co-founded Mansfield Melancon with three other attorneys. The firm has since grown to eight lawyers and three offices serving clients in Baton Rouge, Lafayette, New Orleans and across Louisiana.

Collin has been selected to Louisiana Super Lawyers every year from 2020 through 2026. He served as Chair of the Louisiana State Bar Association Young Lawyers Division for 2025–2026, after eight years on the YLD Council. He has also served on the LSBA Board of Governors and the Louisiana Judicial Council, and currently sits on the Board of Governors of the Louisiana Association for Justice. He is a member of the National Crime Victims Bar Association.

Collin graduated summa cum laude from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, finishing first in his class in the Louisiana Civil Law Division. He received the Spirit of St. Ignatius Award, Loyola Law’s highest honor. At Loyola, he served on the Law Review board, competed in the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot in Vienna, and served as Chief Justice of the Honor Board. He earned a B.A. in International Studies with a minor in Political Science from Louisiana State University.

Before law school, Collin served four years as a fully commissioned reserve deputy with the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office, experience that informs his work with crime victims and law enforcement today.

If you or a loved one was sexually abused or seriously injured in Louisiana, contact Mansfield Melancon Injury Lawyers for a free, confidential consultation.