Steven M. Mauterer

Attorney Brief

Steven Mauterer is a partner in the Metairie office who joined the firm in 2020. His practice consists of municipality and law enforcement agency defense, serving as defense counsel for Louisiana Sheriffs and as a Special Assistant Attorney General for the State of Louisiana; representation of parish Assessors in litigation and in appeals before the Louisiana State Tax Commission; commercial litigation; insurance defense of “bad faith” automobile property and injury claims; estate planning and successions; class action litigation; construction litigation; and family law. He represents clients in state and federal trial and appellate courts throughout Louisiana. He has been a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association since 2000 and a member of the Texas state Bar since 2014.

Education

Mr. Mauterer earned his undergraduate degree in political science from the University of South Alabama in 1996. He earned his juris doctorate degree from Southern University Law Center in 1999. During law school he was a teaching assistant for criminal law and authored and published the article “Louisiana’s Shoot the Carjacker Law: A License to Kill or a Layman’s Explanation to Already Existing Homicide Justifications?” 26 Southern University Law Review 227

Narrative

Mr. Mauterer’s practice is expansive, representing the spectrum
from individuals in domestic and estate matters, governmental agencies, insurance carriers, serving as General Counsel for a local real estate appraisal corporation, and general commercial litigation. Mr. Mauterer has given notable presentations to the National Sheriffs’ Association on “Defense of 42 U.S.C. 1983 claims and defending attorney fee claims under 42 U.S.C. 1988;” the Louisiana Sheriffs’ Association and Louisiana Government Finance Officers Association on the Louisiana Public Records Act; and Litigation Avoidance for Louisiana Home Inspectors.

Awards

National Institute of Trial Advocacy-
Advocate, Institute of Politics-Fellow Actively involved with the legal affairs committee for the National Sheriff’s Association.
Member of the National Eagle Scout Association
Served on local and national training committees for the Boy Scouts of America

Bar, Courts & Professional Affiliations

Mr. Mauterer is a member of the Louisiana Bar Association and is admitted to practice before all Louisiana district and appellate courts as well as the United States District Court for the Eastern, Western, and Middle Districts. He is also a member of the Texas State Bar. He has also been previously admitted to practice pro hac vice in California arbitration proceedings and the U.S. Western District of Missouri.