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Jerri G. Smitko

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Houma,  LA  U.S.A.
Phone985-851-1313

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Practice Areas

  • Personal Injury
  • Litigation
  • Criminal Litigation
  • Wrongful Death
  • Family Law
 
Mailing Address622 Belanger StreetP.O. Box 1669, Houma, Louisiana, 70361-1669
 
University Nicholls State University, B.A., magna cum laude, 1982
 
Law SchoolTulane University, J.D., 1986
 
Admitted1986, Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Middle Districts of Louisiana, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court
 
Memberships Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana State (Member, Consumer Access and Protection Committee, 1992-1995; House of Delegates, 1993-1997) and American Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Governor's Advisory Committee, 1995-1997).
 
MilitaryLouisiana Army National Guard and U.S. Army Reserve; honorable discharge, 1985
 
BornMetairie, Louisiana, June 28, 1961
 
BiographyPhi Kappa Phi. Assistant Parish Attorney, Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government, 1988-1992. Counsel, Terrebonne Parish Indigent Defenders Board, 1993-1996. Special Counsel for Capital Cases, Terrebonne Parish Indigent Defenders Board, 1996; Special Legal Counsel, Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government, 1992-1998. Partner, Duval, Funderburk, Sundbery and Lovell, 1986-1993. Instructor, Personal Injury Law, Nicholls State University, 1999-2001. Member, Terrebonne Indigent Defenders Board of Directors, 2000-2006. Board of Directors, Terrebonne General Medical Center, 1997-2009; Chairperson, 2008-2009. Chairperson, Louisiana State Indigent Defense Assistance Board, 2006—2008.
 
Reported CasesRhodes v. State of Louisiana, 674 So2d 239 (La. 1996); Bishop v. United States of America, (USDC ED La. 1997); Wang v. Xin, (USDC ED LA 2008); Smith v. AFLAC (USDC WD LA 2008); Duthu v. Sullivan 886 F2d 97 (USCA 5th Cir. 1989).
 
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Jerri G. Smitko
Smitko & Ory, APLC
622 Belanger Street
Houma, LA 70361-1669




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