Thomas V. Alonzo

Thomas Alonzo handles all cases personally and will take the time to talk to you about your legal matter — you will never be charged for an initial consultation.

   * 23 years of trial litigation experience
   * Extensive courtroom and trial experience
   * $4.1/2.8 million, $1.4 million, $1.2 million awards for catastrophic injuries
   * Capital Defender qualified to handle death penalty cases
   * Felony track public defender for Lafayette Parish, Louisiana
   * Licensed in four states — Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia and Texas
   * Two office locations — Lafayette, Louisiana and Jackson, Mississippi

Attorney Referrals

Thomas V. Alonzo is available to associate with other attorneys and law firms for personal injury and criminal defense cases in the Gulf South states of Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas and Georgia.  Mr. Alonzo’s jury trial experience includes substantial awards for wrongful death, electrocution, brain injury, workplace injuries, and other catastrophic injury claims.  For a select list of representative personal injury claims Mr. Alonzo has litigated, see Past Case Results. Mr. Alonzo handles death penalty cases and criminal defense cases involving multiple jurisdictions.

Please contact Thomas V. Alonzo at (337) 704-2615 or (601) 944-1980 if you are interested in referring or associating a criminal or personal injury case in Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas or Georgia.

BAR ADMISSIONS
State of Louisiana (1987)
State of Mississippi (1999)
State of Texas (2006)
State of Georgia (2007)
United States District Court — Middle District of Louisiana (1988)
United States District Court — Western District of Louisiana (1989)
United States District Court — Eastern District of Louisiana (1990)
United States District Court — Northern District of Mississippi (1999)
United States Court of Appeals — Fifth Circuit (1999)

EDUCATION
J.D., Louisiana State University 1987
B.A.  Pre-Law/Political Science, Louisiana State University 1983

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Thomas V. Alonzo Law Office — Louisiana and Mississippi.
Felony Track Public Defender 1995-2005, 2010 -2011 Lafayette Parish Public Defender’s Office
Louisiana State University Adjunct Professor, Appellate-Advocacy, 2002-2003
Certified Capital Defender on behalf of the State of Louisiana, 1996 -2005, 2010- 2011

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association  www.lafj.org
Mississippi Bar Association www.msbar.org
Louisiana Bar Association www.lsba.org
Georgia Bar Association www.gabar.org
Texas Bar Association  www.texasbar.com
Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers  www.lacdl.org
Mississippi Association for Justice  www.msaj.org

Thomas Alonzo also studies Spanish, volunteers for the animal rescue organizations SpayNation for Dogs and Cats and CARA (Community Animal Rescue and Adoption), plays tennis and rides his motorcycle.