Over 65 Years Of Combined Trial Experience
Attorney Thomas Damico

Practice Areas

  • Constitutional Law
  • Criminal Law
  • DUI/DWI
  • Federal Criminal Law
  • Litigation & Appeals
  • Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff
  • Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
  • White Collar Crimes

Biography

Mr. Damico graduated from the Louisiana State University Law Center in 1979 with a Juris Doctorate.  Thereafter, Mr. Damico embarked on a law career primarily in the area of criminal law. 

Immediately after law school, Mr. Damico was appointed as an Assistant District Attorney for the 19th Judicial District located in East Baton Rouge Parish, the capital of Louisiana.  During his five years as an Assistant District Attorney he steadily rose from a misdemeanor assistant to the position of Section Chief in a mere 28 months.  As Section Chief, he was not only responsible for handling and trying the most serious and high profile cases in his section, he was also responsible for the training of attorneys and their support staff. 

Further, as a result of his successes in the District Attorney’s Office, Mr. Damico was appointed to aid other prosecutorial jurisdictions during his tenure. 

After five years, Mr. Damico was recruited and joined a three man law firm that quickly grew to an eight man firm of which Mr. Damico became the managing partner, as well as one of the chief litigators.  In 1989, Mr. Damico opened his own law firm where he continued to apply his knowledge of criminal law and more specifically criminal defense law.  Through his practice, Mr. Damico has represented thousands of individuals, companies and public officials.  Mr. Damico’s success in the field of criminal defense law has earned him a strong reputation among other defense attorneys, prosecutors and judges as a hard working, aggressive and successful criminal defense attorney.

Mr. Damico’s philosophy is to provide complete representation in the criminal defense field by fully investigating and grasping the factual issues in every case and then by applying every available area of research and law to the proper legal defense for that case.  Mr. Damico’s extensive trial experience has been aggressively utilized to obtain the best end result possible for the client, be it through actual pretrial and trial work or negotiations that lead to the client’s desired result.

Attorney Thomas C. Damico practices in many areas of Criminal Defense:

Education

  • Louisiana State University Law Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
    • Juris Doctor - 05/1979
  • Northwestern State University of Louisiana, Natchitoches, Louisiana
    • B.A. - 1974

Bar Admissions

  • Louisiana, 1979
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1984
  • U.S. District Court Middle District of Louisiana, 1981
  • U.S. District Court Western District of Louisiana, 1984
  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of Louisiana, 1984
  • U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, 2001
  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas, 2007
  • U.S. Supreme Court, 1990

Professional Associations

  • Louisiana State Bar Association
  • Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Charter Member
  • National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
  • Baton Rouge Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Past President
  • Baton Rouge Bar Association
  • Lawyers for Constitutional Principles, Past President
  • American Bar Association
  • American Association for Justice
  • American Civil Liberties Union
  • Criminal Trial Lawyers Association
  • The National Trial Lawyers

Past Positions

  • East Baton Rouge Parish, Assistant District Attorney, 1979 to 1984
  • East Baton Rouge District Attorney, Section Chief, 1982 to 1984
  • Moore, Moore and Damico Law Firm, 1984 to 1985
  • Moore, Moore, Damico and Brown Law Firm, Managing Partner, 1985 to 1989
  • Thomas C. Damico, Attorney at Law, 1989 to 1991
  • Damico and Moore Law Firm, 1991 to 1994
  • Thomas C. Damico, Attorney at Law, 1994 to 2008
  • Damico & Stockstill, Attorneys at Law, 2008

Fraternities or Sororities

  • Kappa Sigma

Honors

  • Peer Review Rated AV - Martindale Hubbell
  • The Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers
  • Criminal Justice Act Panel Award, Presented by the Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers - Recognized for extraordinary commitment, professionalism and achievement in the representation of clients in the federal courts of Louisiana
  • The National Trial Lawyers - Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Louisiana
  • Super Lawyers