Winston DeCuir Sr.

Winston DeCuir, Sr.

Winston DeCuir Sr.

Winston G. DeCuir, Sr. is senior status partner in the law firm and practices in the areas of Education, Governmental, Commercial and Tort Litigation. Mr. DeCuir has been in the practice of law for more than nearly 50 years and began his career in the Louisiana Department of Justice where he rose to the position of Chief of Civil Division. Prior to his law career Mr. DeCuir was an accountant at the University of Michigan and Xavier University in New Orleans.

 

 

 

 

Education

  • Juris Doctorate – Louisiana State University Law Center
  • Bachelor of Science – Xavier University of Louisiana

Bar and Court Admissions

  • Louisiana Bar Association
  • Louisiana Supreme Court
  • United States Supreme Court
  • United States Court of Appeal, Fifth Circuit
  • United States Court of Appeal for the Federal Circuit
  • United States Districts Courts for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana
  • United States Court of Federal Claims

Awards and Affiliations

  • Recipient, Earl Warren Legal Defense Foundation Scholarship
  • Judge Pro Tempore, Baton Rouge City Court 1989 and 1995
  • Commissioner Ad Hoc, East Baton Rouge Parish Family Court 1989
  • Member Governor’s Task Force on Criminal Justice
  • Member of Board of Trustees of the LSU Law Center 2007
  • Member Louisiana Bar Association
  • Member Baton Rouge Bar Association
  • Committee on Professional Responsibility
  • Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association
  • Camp Fire USA Baton Rouge Board of Directors
  • Private Practitioner of the Year Louis A. Martinet Society
  • NAACP Life Time Achievement Award
  • Southern University Lab School Foundation Past Chairman
  • LSU Rural Life Museum Board

Positions

  • Assistant Attorney General Louisiana 1975-1989
  • Chief – Civil Division 1988-1989
  • Chief – Education Section 1980-1988
  • Director – Unfair Trade Practices Section 1976-1980
  • Member Board of Directors Capital Area Legal Services Corporation 1982-1989
  • Member Southern University Chapter American Inn of Court
  • Instructor Louisiana State University School of Paralegal Studies
  • Adjunct Professor LSU Law Center
  • Adjunct Professor Education Law University of New Orleans
  • Past Member Louisiana State Law Institute