Jeremy “Jay” Suire

Education

• Redemptorist Grade School – Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish – Crowley, Louisiana
• Notre Dame High School of Acadia Parish – Crowley, Louisiana
  • President, Class of 1989
• University of Southwestern Louisiana (Now, University of Louisiana at Lafayette — Lafayette, Louisiana)
  • Bachelor of Arts, Political Science (May, 1997)
    • Academic Scholar
• University Honors Department
• Tulane University, School of Law – New Orleans, Louisiana
  • Juris Doctorate (May, 2000)
  • Research Assistant to Professor A.N. Yiannopoulos, Renowned Civil Law Scholar and Editor of Louisiana Civil Code
  • Tulane Moot Court, Chief Justice (1999-2000)
  • Tulane Moot Court Board, Member (1997-2000)
  • Tulane Moot Court, Senior Justice (1999-2000)
  • Ferdinand Fairfax Stone Scholarship
  • M. Truman Woodward Scholarship
  • ATLA National Trial Competition Team
  • McGlinchey Stafford Lang Jr. Trial Competition Champion (1998-1999)
    • Top-Ranked Litigator in the School of Law
  • The Order of the Barristers – Lifetime National Member, 2000 (National Honor in the Art of Courtroom Advocacy)
  • Tulane Moot Court Paul E. Garofalo Service Award (1999-2000)
• Continuing legal education classes/seminars, averaging 15-17 hours/ year, since 2000

Bar Admissions

• Louisiana State Bar Association, member since 2000
• Acadia Parish Bar Association, member since 2000
• Lafayette Parish Bar Association, member since 2000
• Louisiana Association for Justice, member since 2000
  • State Chairman, New Lawyers’ Division, 2005-2006
  • Membership Committee, since 2005
• American Association for Justice, student member 1998-2000
• Lafayette Trial Lawyers Association, member since 2000
• American Bar Association, member since 2000
• The Order of the Barristers – Lifetime National Member, 2000 (National Honor in the Art of Courtroom Advocacy)
• Martindale –Hubbell Attorney/Firm ratings service
  • Peer Review Rated 2005-present
• Nominated as Special Assistant Attorney General – 2008
  • Nominated by James D. “Buddy” Caldwell, Attorney General, State of Louisiana

Community Service/Involvement

• Participated in multiple local theater and stage plays. Had a career in local broadcasting before turning to law.”

• St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church, Crowley, Louisiana
  • Parishioner
  • Lector/Commentator
  • Member, Parish Pastoral Council – 2008-Present
    • Vice-President, 2010-2011
    • Chairman, Christian Education Commission
• International Rice Festival, Crowley, Louisiana
  • Louisiana’s Oldest & Largest Agricultural Festival, Est. 1937
  • Festival Co-Chairman, 2011 – Present
  • Executive Board, 2006 – Present
  • President, 71st International Rice Festival, 2007
  • President-Elect, 2006
  • Board of Directors, 1998 – Present
  • Volunteer, 1985 – Present
• Deputy Sheriff — Acadia Parish Sheriff’s Department
  • Commissioned 2005-Present
• Founder and Benefactor — Jay & Laurie Suire Charitable Giving Fund
  • Community Foundation of Acadiana – 2010-Present
• Knights of Columbus, Council 5499
  • Degree Team, 1994-Present
  • District Warden, 1996-1997
  • Grand Knight, 1995-1996
  • Deputy Grand Knight, 1994-1995
  • 3rd Degree Member, 1991-Present
• Knights of Columbus Fourth Degree – Msgr. George Mollo Assembly, 1993-Present
• Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University – Instructor/Course Moderator, 2009, 2010
• Krewe of Town Revelers, Inc.
  • Co-Captain, 2005 – Present
  • Krewe Member, 2001 – Present
  • Duke to King Cimmer XLV, 2000
• The Mystick Krewe of Louisianans, Inc. – Washington, DC Mardi Gras Krewe
  • Permanent Krewe Member, 2006 – present
  • Enhancing business development, tourism and governmental networking for the Acadiana/Lafayette community
• Crowley Town Club, Inc.
  • Vice-President, 2006-2008
  • Board of Directors, 2001-2008
  • Member, 1999-Present
• Boy Scouts of America, Evangeline Area Council, 2009-Present
• Cub Scout Pack 347, Crowley, Louisiana, 2009-Present
• Carnival D’Acadie
  • Founding committee
• White House Advance Team – President George H.W. Bush – Louisiana, 1992 Campaign
• C.O.P.S. – Concerns of Police Survivors
  • Grandfather, Anthony J. Suire, Sr. – Killed in the line of duty, September 6, 1962
• National Police Officers’ Memorial, Washington, D.C.
  • Donor/Supporter
  • Grandfather, Anthony J. Suire, Sr. – Killed in the line of duty, September 6, 1962
• American Legion Student Award, Acadia Post 15
  • Highest honor that can be bestowed upon a civilian by the American Legion
• Sheriff Wayne Melancon’s Executive 200 Club, 2005-Present
• La Societe Des Cajuns Gourmands
  • Secretary, 2008-Present

• Louisiana Clerks of Court Association – State Convention
• Louisiana Association of Chiefs of Police – State Convention
• Acadia Parish Leadership EXCEL
• 15th judicial District Court – Court Opening Ceremonies
• Lafayette Parish Bar Foundation
• Crowley Chamber of Commerce
• Crowley Kiwanis Club
• American Legion, Post 15
• Louisiana Association for Justice Auto Torts Seminar
• Crowley Rotary Club
• Lafayette Kiwanis Club
• Acadia Parish D.A.R.E. Program Graduation
• Lafayette Rotary Club South
• Sheriff Wayne Melancon’s Executive 200 Club
• Crowley 3-10 Club
• New Iberia “Under the Balconies” Celebration
• Kaplan Lions Club
• Crowley Lions Club
• Lafayette Association of Retarded Citizens
• University of Southwestern Louisiana – Voiced books onto audio tape for the benefit of blind college students
• AT&T Pioneers Organization – Louisiana State Convention

• Acadia Parish Republican Executive Committee, District 4, Public Election-1992
• Acadia Parish Republican Executive Committee, At-Large, Public Election-1996
• Acadia Parish Republican Executive Committee, At-Large, Public Election-2000
• Acadia Parish Republican Executive Committee, At-Large, Public Election-2004