Brian F. Trainor

Introduction

Brian F. Trainor is a personal injury trial attorney at Trey Morris Injury Lawyers, serving as Managing Attorney of the Covington office. He represents plaintiffs across Louisiana in personal injury and motor vehicle accident litigation, drawing on two decades of law enforcement and prosecution experience in cases against insurance defendants.

Notable results

Mr. Trainor’s case outcomes range from $30,000 to $215,000 across motor vehicle and commercial trucking cases. Recent results include:

Practice focus

Mr. Trainor concentrates his practice on motor vehicle accidents and personal injury claims, with particular strength in cases against insurance defendants. He served as an Assistant District Attorney and as Legal Advisor and Chief Deputy to the fifth-largest sheriff’s office in Louisiana. That background gives him insight into how claims are built, investigated, and defended. He handles auto accidents, commercial vehicle collisions, and injury claims across North Shore Louisiana and the greater St. Tammany Parish region.

Background

A South Louisiana native born in New Orleans and raised in Slidell, Mr. Trainor graduated from Pope John Paul II High School in 1992, then served in the Louisiana Army National Guard until his Honorable Discharge in 1999. He earned his undergraduate degree from Southeastern Louisiana University and his Juris Doctor, with honors, from Southern University Law Center.

Mr. Trainor began his legal career as an Assistant District Attorney for the 22nd Judicial District (St. Tammany Parish), where he tried criminal cases for the state. He then served as Legal Advisor and Deputy Chief of Corrections for the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office, and later as Chief Deputy under Sheriff Jack Strain, overseeing the fifth-largest sheriff’s office in Louisiana. He ran for District Attorney in 2014, then founded and operated his own plaintiff practice before joining Trey Morris Injury Lawyers. His progression from prosecutor to law enforcement advisor to plaintiff advocate gives him experience on every side of injury litigation.

Honors and recognition

Mr. Trainor was selected to the 2027 Louisiana Super Lawyers list, a peer-nominated, independently researched designation that Super Lawyers limits to no more than 5 percent of attorneys in the state. He is also recognized by TopVerdict for Top 10 Personal Injury Settlements in Louisiana (2024).