About Collin
Collin Melancon took a circuitous route into the law. He studied international affairs and politics at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, earning a B.A. in International Studies and Political Science. He then returned to New Orleans for law school and received his J.D. in Civil Law from Loyola University New Orleans. Those formative years gave him grounding in both the theory of law and the practical demands of practice in Louisiana’s civil law tradition.
He began his legal career inside the state’s courts and has expanded his practice to federal appellate work. He is admitted to practice in Louisiana and before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Over time he has balanced courtroom work with bar service. That balance shows in the memberships he maintains and the committees he has joined.
Melancon maintains an active presence in bar and professional organizations. He holds current memberships in the Louisiana Association for Justice, the New Orleans Bar Association, the St. Thomas More American Inn of Court and the American Bar Association. Since 2020 he has served on the Board representing the Young Lawyers Division of the Louisiana State Bar Association. Those roles have kept him connected to developments in practice and to a network of trial and civil practitioners across the state.
His career path has included positions that placed him in both regional and metropolitan practice settings. He is part of Mansfield, Melancon, Cranmer & Dick, LLC, a firm that operates in multiple Louisiana cities. That platform has allowed him to work on matters reaching beyond a single courthouse. He has worked alongside colleagues in different offices and handled matters that require coordination across regional courts.
Colleagues describe him as methodical in preparing cases and attentive to procedural detail. He draws on his Civil Law training from Loyola and his undergraduate background in international studies and political science when approaching complex issues. Outside the courtroom he participates in Inn of Court programs and bar activities aimed at mentoring younger lawyers and improving practice standards.
He maintains offices in Lafayette, New Orleans and Baton Rouge through Mansfield, Melancon, Cranmer & Dick, LLC. He practices law across Louisiana and before the U.S. Fifth Circuit from the firm’s Lafayette, New Orleans and Baton Rouge offices.
