Jerri G. Smitko

Family, Mediation
622 Belanger Street, P.O. Box 1669
Houma, Louisiana 70361


Family

Admitted

1986, Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Middle Districts of Louisiana, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court

Law School

Tulane University, J.D., 1986

Law School Graduation Year

1986

College

Nicholls State University, B.A., magna cum laude, 1982

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); National Association of Women Attorneys (Representative, State of Louisiana); Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Counsel.

Biographical

Phi 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. Board of Directors, Terrebonne General Medical Center, 1997—.

Military

Louisiana Army National Guard and U.S. Army Reserve; honorable discharge, 1985