
- Overview
- Practice Areas
- Education
- Admissions
- Honors and Awards
- Publications
- Professional Associations
- Community Involvement
Trenton J. Oubre is a partner in the Baton Rouge office and has been in practice since 1991. Mr. Oubre is a former member of the firm's Management Committee. He received a Bachelor's Degree from Louisiana State University in 1987 in Business Administration and received a J.D. from Louisiana State University Law School in 1991. Mr. Oubre is admitted to practice in all Louisiana Courts, the United States Middle, Western and Eastern Districts as well as the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Oubre has practiced in the casualty, tort and insurance defense areas for the past twenty nine years and has developed a very specific experience with complex workers' compensation defense matters on behalf of employers, insurers and self-insured funds. He has handled literally hundreds of trials, hearings, appellate arguments and motions. He is a frequent lecturer on workers' compensation defense strategy and related matters including casualty liability defense matters.
He is the former Chairman and a current member of the Board of Directors of the Council for a Better Louisiana (CABL).
He was the 2009 President of the Baton Rouge Bar Association and is the past Treasurer and Secretary. He is a former Member at Large of the Baton Rouge Bar Association Board of Directors and has served for five terms. He was previously the Co-Chairman of the Baton Rouge Bar Workers' Compensation Committee on behalf of defense counsel. He was the first elected President of the Baton Rouge Bar Association Young Lawyers Section. He is a Fellow of the Louisiana State Bar Foundation. He is a member of the Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel (LADC), on the Board of Directors of the Louisiana Association of Self-Insured Employers (LASIE), member of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry (LABI), member of Louisianans for Workers' Compensation Reform (LWCR) serving on the technical and membership committees, was selected for the 2004 Louisiana Leadership Class of the Council for a Better Louisiana (CABL), a former Board of Director of the Louisiana Center for Law and Civic Education of the Louisiana State Bar Association, and a former Board of Director of the Audubon Girl Scout Council for a multi-parish area.
Practice Areas
- Casualty Litigation
- Transportation
- Workers' Compensation
- Premises Liability
Education
Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University, J.D., 1991
Louisiana State University, Bachelor’s Degree in Business/Finance, 1987
Catholic High School, New Iberia, (Graduate with Honors), 1983
Admissions
1991, Louisiana State Courts, Eastern, Middle & Western Districts of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Professional Associations
Baton Rouge Bar Association, President 2009, Board of Directors, Former Co-Chairman of the Baton Rouge Bar Workers’ Compensation Committee, First elected President of the Baton Rouge Bar Association Young Lawyers Section, Board Liaison and Committee Member of numerous committees, including Technology, Personnel, High School Mock Trial, Athletics, Law Day and Law Office Expo
Council for a Better Louisiana (Board of Directors and former Chairman)
Louisiana State Bar Association, Fellow Louisiana Center for Law and Civic Education Board of Directors (two terms)
Fellow Louisiana State Bar Foundation
Member Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel
Former Judge for Louisiana High School Mock Trial Competitions
Louisiana Association of Self Insured Employers (LASIE)
Louisiana Association of Business & Industry (LABI)
Community Involvement
Member City Club of Baton Rouge
Kappa Alpha Order Fraternity Alumni (Interfraternity Council Representative)
Member YMCA
Le’Cercle de Bacchus (former Vice President), prominent social organization in Baton Rouge
Forum 35 of the Baton Rouge Area Foundation (former member) and committee member for “Light Up the Bridge” Project
Former Judge for Louisiana High School Social-Science Fair
Former Board Member, Audubon Girl Scout Council for Multi-Parish Area - Board of Directors (former member)
LSU Alumni Association
Honors and Awards
Selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America®, Since 2016
AV® PreeminentTM Peer Review Rated.
Publications
- “Louisiana Workers' Compensation Law and COVID-19 as a Potential Compensable Occupational Disease” April 2020
- “Louisiana Supreme Court Ruling on Choice of Pharmacy and Prescription Medication” August 2017
- “Louisiana Court Orders Out of State Workers' Compensation TPA to Retain Louisiana Claims Adjuster” April 2017
- “Judge Issues Permanent Injunction Enjoining Practical Effect of Louisiana Medical Treatment Guidelines and Appeal Procedure” March 2017
- “Judge Rules that Portions of the Louisiana Medical Treatment Guidelines Are Unconstitutional” July 2015
- “Significant Louisiana Jurisprudential Development Regarding the Requirement of Utilization Review Doctors to be Licensed to Practice Medicine in Louisiana” March 2015
- “Breaking News Regarding the Effective Date of the Louisiana Medical Treatment Guidelines from the Louisiana Supreme Court” May 2014
- “Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Subrogation Law Overview” February 2014
- “Louisiana Medical Treatment Guidelines Update” January 2014
- “Significant Developments With Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Law” October 2013
- “Workers' Compensation Update Reference Manual” April 2013
- “New Developments In Workers Compensation Law Effective August 2012” August 2012