Mindy N. Duffourc
Work in Burglass & Tankersley, L.L.C.
Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 15 years of experience
Appellate, Class Actions, Government, Health Care Law
5213 Airline Drive, Metairie, LA 70001
About Mindy N. Duffourc
Practice Areas
- Appellate
- Class Actions
- Government
- Health Care Law
Education
- University of North Carolina School of Law, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 2008Juris Doctor
- Honors: Moot Court Board, Member
- Honors: Dean's List
- Honors: Elected to Order of the Barristers for excellence in written and oral advocacy
- Louisiana Tech University, 2005Bachelor of Arts
- Major: Political Science
- Honors: magna cum laude
Classes and Seminars
- Law and Society Annual Meeting – “Dignity” , Presentation of conference paper: Patient-Centered Medical Malpractice Reform: The (Absent) Role of U.S. Health Insurers in the Aftermath of Medical Errors and a German Model for Change
- CLM Cyber, Management, & Professional Liability Conference , Round Table Session: Telemedicine – the Cryptocurrency of Professional Liability: Trends, Benefits, and Risks with co-panelists: Zoya Weisensel, David Hilton, and Jennifer Schoenthal
- McGill Law Graduate Conference – “Law: Reactive or Proactive?” , Presentation: The Legal Reaction (or absence thereof) to Modern Error Prevention Science: A Duty to Manage Healthcare Risks in the U.S. and Germany
- Rijeka Doctoral Conference , Presentation of conference paper: Using the German Model to Improve the Reliability of Medical Malpractice Litigation Outcomes in the United States
- Católica Graduate Legal Research Conference – “The Future of Health Law” , Presentation of conference paper: Are You My Doctor? Defining the physician-patient relationship in the age of e-health
- 8th Bonn Humboldt Award Winners' Forum – "Between handcraft and confession, empiricism and normativity: Self-determination in international jurisprudence" , Invitation to conference and short publication in conference materials: The Impact of Medical Liability on Patient Safety: Why the law must thoughtfully hurry to align with modern medical error prevention science
- International Academy of Comparative Law’s XXth International Congress - Younger Scholars’ Forum , Presentation of conference paper: Repurposing the Affirmative Defense of Comparative Fault in Medical Malpractice Cases in the United States to Improve Patient Safety
- American Society of Comparative Law - Younger Comparativists Committee Global Conference, , Presentation of conference paper on the Privacy and Intimacy Panel: Filling Voice Promotion Gaps in Healthcare through a Comparative Analysis of Error Reporting and Learning Systems and Open Communication and Disclosure Policies in the United States and Germany Panel Moderator: Challenges to Europe
- German Chancellor Fellow Project Marketplace and Round Table Discussion , Interdisciplinary Group Presentation: Justice for some? Rights, Administration, and Legal Practices
- Institute of Patient Safety Research Colloquium, Presentation: Balancing Patients’ Safety and Patients’ Rights
- Allied World , Presentation: Direct Actions in Louisiana and Social Media in Claims Investigation
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Illinois, 2008
- Louisiana, 2011
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 2010
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Louisiana, 2011
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Louisiana, 2014
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 2019
- United States Supreme Court, 2019
Other Affiliations
- Louisiana State Bar Association
- Bar Association of the Federal Fifth Circuit
Office Info
Other Colleagues
- 33 years of experienceAppellate, Business Law, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Construction, Environment, Government, Health Care Law, Insurance, Admiralty & Maritime Law, Medical Malpractice, Premises Liability, Product Liability, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Insurance Defense, Personal Injury, Worker's Compensation
Nearby Lawyers
- Appellate
- Class Actions
- Government
- Health Care Law
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