Profile

David Pitre joined the firm in 1992, where he practiced law in Louisiana for several years before moving to the Mississippi Gulf Coast in 1999. He is a partner and resident attorney for the firm’s Gulfport, Mississippi, office.  Throughout his career, he has practiced exclusively in personal injury and wrongful death.  He has fought for and obtained compensation for innocent accident victims and their families throughout the United States.  David is an experienced litigator in both state and federal courts and is often associated by attorneys from across the nation to litigate cases throughout the State of Mississippi.  As lead counsel, he has obtained some of the largest jury verdicts in several counties throughout the State of Mississippi. David was recently inducted as a Fellow of The American College of Trial Lawyers (ACTL).  The College is composed of the best of the trial bar from the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico, not to exceed one percent of the total lawyer population of any state or province.  Fellowship in the College is extended by invitation only and only after careful investigation to those experienced trial lawyers of diverse backgrounds who have mastered the art of advocacy and whose professional careers have been marked by the highest standards of ethical conduct, professionalism, civility, and collegiality.  The College is recognized as the preeminent organization of trial lawyers in North America, dedicated to maintaining and improving the standards of trial practice, professionalism, ethics, and the administration of justice.  He currently serves as the Vice-Chair for the ACTL State Committee. In 2025, David was awarded Mississippi Trial Lawyer of the Year by the Mississippi Association for Justice (MAJ).  His tenure with MAJ is a long one, having been elected as MAJ President for 2009-2010, and through his work in leadership and chair positions on numerous MAJ committees.  David is also active within the Mississippi State Bar Association, having served on various committees (Technology, Unauthorized Practice of Law, Summer School CLE, Professionalism).  In 2025, he was invited by the Mississippi Bar become a Fellow of the Mississippi Bar Foundation. David was appointed by the Mississippi Supreme Court to serve on the Mississippi Code of Judicial Conduct Study Committee in 2009.  In 2025, Chief Justice Michael Randolph appointed David as the Mississippi Bar’s representative on the Supreme Court of Mississippi Advisory Committee on Rules.  That same year Chief Judge Sul Ozerden of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi appointed David to the Local Civil Rules Committee of the Northern and Southern Districts.  David is a board-certified civil trial law specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy and was also selected to join the invitation-only American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), a prestigious national group of civil trial litigators and jurists.  He currently serves on the ABOTA State Executive Committee.  David is a frequent lecturer and has been a guest CLE speaker for the American Association for Justice (AAJ), the Mississippi Association for Justice (MAJ), the Louisiana Association for Justice (LAJ), the Mississippi Bar Association, Mississippi College of Law, and Ole Miss Law School.  He has written several articles on trial practice and courtroom technology, published in state and national publications, including AAJ’s Trial, the Mississippi Bar Association’s Lawyer, MAJ’s Voir Dire, LAJ’s Louisiana Advocates, and the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association’s Trial Talk.  David frequently serves as an organizer, moderator, and panelist for legal education seminars featuring federal and state court judges throughout Mississippi. Born and raised in southeast Louisiana, David graduated with honors from Nicholls State University. He thereafter moved to Washington, D.C., where he was involved in legislative and legal affairs in the United States Congress, and while working for a prominent D.C. lobbying firm.  He studied law at George Washington University in D.C. & Loyola Law School in New Orleans (where he worked for two years with the Public Law Center, a nonprofit legal clinic focused on legislative and regulatory initiatives for the elderly, disabled, and impoverished). David is married to Dr. Laurie Aycock Pitre, an education professor at William Carey University.  They have two daughters.  He is active within his community, especially involving children’s causes.  He has worked for many years as a volunteer reading tutor at an alternative school and at a summer camp for children with cancer. He has guest-lectured and judged high school mock trial teams, and has worked with several children’s charities as a fundraiser, event organizer, general counsel, and board member. Birth Date: May 2, 1968; Larose, Louisiana Education:
  • Loyola University School of Law, Juris Doctorate, 1994
  • Nicholls State University, Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1990
Practice Areas:
  • Personal Injury
  • Auto & Trucking Collisions
  • Wrongful Death
  • Bad Faith Insurance Claims
  • Industrial Plant & Other Workplace Injuries
  • Premises Liability
  • Dram Shop Claims (Bar & Restaurant Liability for Over-serving Alcohol to Minors & Visibly Intoxicated Patrons)
  • Medical & Hospital Negligence
  • Defective Products
  • Admiralty - Injuries to Seamen, Offshore Workers & Longshoremen
  • Highway Defects
  • Legal Malpractice
Court Admissions:
  • Louisiana State Courts, 1994
  • Louisiana Federal District Courts (Eastern, Western & Middle), 1994
  • Mississippi State Courts, 1999
  • Mississippi Federal District Courts (Southern & Northern), 1999
  • U.S. Federal Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1994
Professional Memberships:
  • Mississippi Association for Justice (President, 2008-'09)
  • American Association for Justice
  • Louisiana Association for Justice
  • Mississippi Bar Association
  • Louisiana Bar Association
  • Harrison County Bar Association
  Certifications & Honors: Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers (2024 - present) American Board of Trial Advocates (2019 – present) National Board of Trial Advocacy – Board Certified – Civil Trials (2012 – present)   ← All Team Members