Getting to know 2013 2013--2014 LBA President
Tricia R. Pierre Written By: Susan Holliday
but this country girl can certainly hold her own. There are so many words that come to mind when this writer thinks about the incoming President of the Lafayette Bar Association, Ms. Tricia R. Pierre: strong–willed, determined, compassionate, dedicated, and most of all trailblazer.
Pierre hails from Loreauville, Louisiana where her rather large family were mostly farmers, raising sugar cane and peppers. After deciding in elementary school that she would pursue a career in law, Pierre graduated from Louisiana State University and then received her Juris Doctorate from Southern University Law School. In doing so, she became the first person in her immediate family to not only attend college, but graduate. Pierre shares that she recalls reading “To Kill a Mockingbird” in Junior High and subsequently watched the movie. Both have impacted her theory on what an attorney should be. Pierre believes that people are defined by the way they treat others, and so she has strived during her legal career to zealously represent her clients and always treat them with the utmost respect. A true volunteer from an early age, Pierre has always been involved in various clubs or groups. This volunteerism spirit grew in college where she
And finally some interesting, quirky, raise your eyebrow facts that even this discerning writer did not know about the 2014 Lafayette Bar Association President. Voted most friendliest in High School Grew up on a farm but has never owned a pet Was a Tigerette (dance team at Loureaville High School) Worked at a campus coffee shop during college which started her dedication to Community brand coffee She was a Homecoming Queen Nominee in college She is a member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority and proudly wears her Pink and Green