Attorney
Jeremy “Jay” Suire
Jeremy “Jay” Suire is an attorney with The Glenn Armentor Law Corporation in Lafayette, helping injured people and their families across Louisiana.
Areas of practice
- Automotive, trucking, and motorcycle accidents
- Traumatic Brain Injury Cases
- Wrongful Death
- Highway defect accidents
- Medical malpractice
- Railroad crossing and derailment accidents
- Fire, explosion and electrocution injuries
- Catastrophic event injuries
- Slip/trip and fall and premises accidents
Experience and credentials
Education
- Redemptorist Grade School – Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish – Crowley, Louisiana
- Notre Dame High School of Acadia Parish – Crowley, Louisiana
- University of Southwestern Louisiana (Now, University of Louisiana at Lafayette — Lafayette, Louisiana)
- Bachelor of Arts, Political Science (May, 1997)
- 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
- 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
Public Speaking
Elective Public Office
- 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
