Stephen M. Truitt is an American lawyer in Washington, D.C. who worked for the Pepper Hamilton law firm.
[2][3] Although retired from Pepper Hamilton, Truitt continues to practice general civil litigation as a solo practitioner.
In addition, along with former Pepper colleague Charles Carpenter, he has volunteered to serve pro bono to help Guantanamo captives, and represents two men currently held there: Hani Saleh Rashid Abdullah (a.k.a.
Previously, Truitt represented the Aleut community of St. Paul Island (a federally-recognized tribe) in a suit against the United States filed in 1954 and finally litigated in the late 1960s and 1970s.
The resulting award is the only one ever made exclusively under clause 2(5) of that act permitting recoveries for breach of the government's duty to "deal fairly and honorably with the tribe according to rules not known at law or equity."