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 PARTNER
Jack E.
“Bobby” Truitt was born in Texas, but raised in
New Orleans, Louisiana. After graduating from Jesuit
High School of New Orleans, he attended Louisiana
State University where he obtained a business
administration degree with a minor in political
science. He then obtained his J.D. from Loyola
University School of Law and has been licensed in
Louisiana and Texas since. He is admitted to
practice in all Louisiana State and Federal District
and Appellate Courts and has been admitted to the
United States Supreme Court as well.
Mr. Truitt
began his practice with a small defense firm that
practiced primarily admiralty, worker’s
compensation, and general casualty litigation.
However, he soon joined a larger insurance defense
firm in Metairie, Louisiana where he began trying
many cases on behalf of major national clients such
as Kmart, Cox Cable, Tonti Properties, and
Walgreens; there, he obtained numerous “zero
verdicts” in bench and jury trials. Mr. Truitt soon
became a partner in this firm, but was dissatisfied
with the “big firm” mentality, so he formed his own
firm with two assistant district attorneys, who
thereafter returned to practicing criminal law on a
full-time basis.
The Truitt
Law Firm continued with the association of Jack E.
Truitt, Bobby’s father, who has since passed, and
others. The firm
continues to represent major national clients
successfully at the trial and appellate levels. The
firm has significant experience in the areas of
pharmaceutical defense, automobile litigation,
premises liability, worker’s compensation, business
litigation, and criminal defense. Mr. Truitt has
been a presenter at many continuing education
seminars for other lawyers, paralegals, and claims
professionals. He is also a former member of the
Louisiana Bar Association House of Delegates, the
Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel, and the
prestigious Defense Research Institute. He has
achieved the highest rating from his peers in
Martindale Hubbell, and the firm recently was
awarded the distinction of approval by A. M. Best
Insurance Ratings.
Mr. Truitt
resides in Covington, Louisiana with his wife and
three boys.
Email:
btruitt@truittlaw.com
 Attorney
Litigation History Report
PARTNER
Jennifer Cortes Poirier
was born in Miami Beach, Florida. After graduating
high school, she attended the University of Pennsylvania
in Philadelphia where she pursued a bachelor’s degree in
history and political science, with a minor in French;
Jennifer completed her required courses in her minor by
participating in a study-abroad program in Paris, France
through Columbia University. While abroad, she accepted
an internship with a Parisian law firm where she gained
insight into the legal system of France. It was this
experience that convinced her to pursue a career in law.
After graduating from
Penn, Jennifer attended Tulane University School of Law
in New Orleans, Louisiana. At Tulane, Jennifer followed
both the civil and common law curriculum. Upon
graduating from law school, Jennifer settled in
Louisiana, and began her career as an attorney, first in
the area of maritime law.
After working for a
maritime law firm in New Orleans, Jennifer joined a
large defense firm in Metairie. There, she gained
experience in the fields of insurance defense and
federal and state workers’ compensation litigation. She
tried numerous cases, mostly in workers’ compensation,
and obtained favorable results for her clients which
included, Kmart, Sears, Boh Brothers Construction, and
Avondale Shipyards (Northrop-Grumman).
Prior to Jennifer’s
association with the Truitt Law Firm, she served as
in-house
counsel for Traveler’s Insurance, where she was the
national Longshore attorney. While at Traveler’s, she
handled Longshore litigation throughout the country, and
tried cases in Louisiana, Florida, New Jersey and
Seattle.
Jennifer joined the Truitt
Law Firm in 2007. She practices primarily in the areas
of insurance defense, general casualty and worker’s
compensation litigation. In addition to her defense
practice, she also handles personal injury matters,
claimant workers’ compensation, and criminal defense.
Jennifer is a member of
the Louisiana Bar Association, Federal Bar Association,
Covington Bar Association and the Hispanic Chamber of
Commerce. She is a member of the Junior League of
Greater Covington and remains involved with her alma
mater, Penn, by conducting interviews of prospective
students. She is fluent in Spanish
(
Haga
el clic aqui para español ) and proficient in
French.
Jennifer resides in
Mandeville with her husband, Ric, and two daughters,
Madeleine and Meredith-Elise.
Email:
jpoirier@truittlaw.com
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OF COUNSEL
 Arthur J. Brewster
is of
counsel to The Truitt Law Firm, and he maintains his
own separate successful practice. Mr. Brewster
graduated from Jesuit High School and Loyola
University School of Law with Bobby Truitt. He
obtained his undergraduate degree in political
science from the University of New Orleans in 1984.
He graduated with a J.D. from Loyola in 1987, and
while at Loyola, he was a member of Phi Delta Phi
legal fraternity.
Mr. Brewster
has tried many jury trials with Mr. Truitt to a
successful result, and he always brings his unique
perspective as a personal injury attorney, in his
own firm, to the table. In this respect, Mr.
Brewster is recognized for his expertise in the area
of Federal Longshore and Harbor Worker’s
Compensation claims, and he is a frequent speaker in
this area to peers, claims professionals, and
members of the compensation administrative and
judicial system.
Mr. Brewster
is admitted to practice in all Louisiana State
Courts, as well as the United States District Courts
for the Middle and Eastern Districts of Louisiana.
He is also admitted to the United States Fifth
Circuit Court of Appeal. He is a member of the
American Bar Association and the American and
Louisiana Trial Lawyer’s Association.
Mr. Brewster
is married and has three sons. He resides in
Metairie, Louisiana, where he also maintains his own
private practice.
Email:
mail@truittlaw.com
ASSOCIATES
 ASSOCIATE
Nancy
Butcher was raised in Monroe, Louisiana. After
graduating from high school, she attended college at
Southern Methodist University, where she earned a
degree in political science, and then went on to
earn a J.D. from Mississippi College School of Law.
After completing a judicial clerkship for the
Honorable Donald E. Walter, United States District
Judge for the Western District of Louisiana, Ms.
Butcher entered private practice and has since been
the lead attorney on numerous bench and jury
trials. Ms. Butcher has represented many corporate
clients in her career, including, but not limited to
Wal-Mart, Kmart, Walgreens, Ohio State Casualty,
Farmers Insurance, AIG and Family Dollar Stores. In
addition, Ms. Butcher is a title attorney with her
own title company, Southern Trace Title Company.
Ms. Butcher
resides in Mandeville, Louisiana with her husband
and three children, and continues to practice
throughout the state of Louisiana.
Email:
nbutcher@truittlaw.com
ASSOCIATE
Virginia Erwin Sirera
was born in Richmond, Virginia, but grew up in the New
Orleans area. She graduated from Loyola University with
a bachelor’s in public relations. After working in
advertising for a few years, she entered Loyola Law
School, graduating in 1992. She was admitted to the Bar
in Louisiana in 1992.
Virginia is licensed to
practice in all Louisiana state courts, and she is
admitted to practice in the Eastern and Middle Districts
of the United States District Court. She began her
legal career as a Judicial Law Clerk for the Judge
Robert M. Burns of the 24th Judicial District Court for
Jefferson Parish, and followed that with a clerkship for
Judge Kernan A. Hand of the same bench.
Since then, she has primarily
practiced in the areas of insurance defense, premises
liability, and worker's compensation, but she also has
extensive experience in such varied areas as toxic tort
defense and family law. She is a member of the
Louisiana State Bar Association, the American Bar
Association, and the Covington Bar Association. Since
2006, she has been a qualified court-appointed civil law
mediator. She lives in Mandeville with her three
children, and is active in her church and school PTA.
Email:
gsirera@truittlaw.com
SUPPORT
STAFF
(Left to Right: Thelma Naquin,
Marybeth Pickett, Barbara Manton, Heather Losch)
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