Admitted to the Bar:
1966, Louisiana
Admitted to Practice:
All Louisiana Courts including Louisiana Supreme Court; United States Supreme Court; United States Court of Military Appeals; United States Courts of Appeals; 5th U.S. Circuit; U.S. District Court for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts.
Education:
- University of Virginia, Judge Advocate School for Special Court Martial Military Judges, 1969
- University of Virginia, Judge Advocate General School for Law, 1967
- University of Virginia, Judge Advocate School, 1966
- Loyola University School of Law, New Orleans LA, L.L.B., 1966
- Loyola University, New Orleans, Louisiana, Bachelor of Business Administration, 1963
Personal Injury Attorney Biography:
Vincent J. Glorioso, Jr. is a personal injury attorney of the Glorioso Law Firm in Metairie, Louisiana. He represents the citizens of Louisiana in Major Automobile Accidents, Admiralty and Offshore Drilling and Exploration, Product Liability, Medical Malpractice, Workplace Related Accidents and Causalities, Commercial Litigation, and Premises Liability.
He began his legal career at Fort Rucker, Alabama as a Captain in the United States Army, Judge Advocate General’s Corp (JAG). In the JAG Corp Vincent served briefly as a defense counsel and then as Chief Trial Counsel, then Assistant Staff Judge Advocate. Within two years, was selected as Fort Rucker’s first Military Judge, Special Court Martial. That appointment made him one of the youngest Federal Judges under Art. I of the U.S. Constitution in the country. Throughout his military service, Vincent also served as special liaison counsel to the United States Army Board of Aviation Accident and assistant trial counsel to the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General on civilian claims.
After a lustrous military career, Vincent turned to the civilian world with a concentration on personal injury and wrongful death cases. In addition to his case load, Vincent served as lecturer for numerous law associations and served as an adjunct professor of law at the Loyola School of Law and co-founded Loyola’s first Trial Advocacy Program. He was also on the faculty of the Tulane School of Law Trial Advocacy Program, and a member of the faculty of the National College of Advocacy at Hastings School of Law, San Francisco, California. Today, Vincent works with his two children, Maria and Trey, at The Glorioso Law Firm.
Professional Activities:
- Past president of the Southern Trial Lawyers Association
- Advisory Committee of the Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association
- Chaired the NCA Advance College on proof of damages at Hastings College of Law, San Francisco CA
- Co-chaired ABOTA Masters in Trial-Trial Advocacy Program and is past president of the Louisiana Chapter
- American Bar Association’s Section of Tort and Insurance Practice – Chair Trial Techniques – Vice Chair Admiralty
- American Bar Association
- Louisiana Bar Association
Honors and Awards:
- American Trail Lawyers Association, Joe Tonahill Award, 2000
- Southern Trial Lawyers Association, Louisiana, War Horse Award, 2000
- Certificate of Appreciation, Chapter of the Section of Tort and Insurance Practice, American Bar Association, 1999
- Recognition of Exceptional Leadership and Distinguished Services as President of State Trial Lawyers Association, 1995-96
- Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association/Louisiana Association for Justice, Distinguished Service, Member of Board of Governors 1983-84; 1993-94 and 1994-95
- Certificate of Appreciation, New York Trial Lawyers Institute, 1997
- American Board of Trial Advocates, 1986
- Top Lawyers in the New Orleans Area, New Orleans Magazine, 2009
Significant Results Obtained as Lead Trial Attorney:
$12,000,000+ Commercial Airline Crash, Wrongful Death
$9,200.000 Open water diving injury, spinal cord injury
$2,000,000+ Auto/Streetcar Collision, Auto Collision
$1,100,000 Attempted Robbery, Premises Liability
$3,000,000 Highway Defect – Auto/Highway Defect
$1,000,000+ Slip and Fall, Premise Liability
$4,200,000 Premises Liability – Failure to have adequate security
$2,000,000+ Crash Landing of Reserve C-130 cargo plane
$1,000,000+ Child abducted from Convenience Store, Premises Liability
$1,500,000 Negligent Hiring and Supervision
$1,000,000 Highway defect, Wrongful Death
$1,500,000 Burn Case, Fraternity Party, Personal Injury/Burn
$7,200,000 Medical Malpractice
$1,400,000 Negligent Hiring/training
$2,200,000 Trucking accident, Personal Injury/ Burns