Kelsey Bonnaffons

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Kelsey Bonnaffons: Attorney with Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins, Burr & Smith

Biography

Kelsey believes that effective communication is key to being a successful client advocate. Assessing client-specific goals and strategic business considerations is critical to developing a case strategy suited to the particular needs of each client-whether that means a settlement or a vigorous trial defense.

With an emphasis on insurance defense, insurance coverage, and workers’ compensation, Kelsey represents insurance carriers and private businesses in civil litigation in state and federal court.

A native of New Orleans, Kelsey is active in the community and passionate about charity work. She chairs Galloway’s Hogs for the Cause team, which raises money to support families of children with pediatric brain cancer, and works with Take Paws Rescue, a New Orleans-based animal rescue.

Awards & Recognitions

•The Best Lawyers in America - Insurance Law, 2026
•LSBA Young Lawyers Division Top 40 Young Lawyer Award Recipient, 2024
•Finalist for Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel 2019 Frank L. Maraist Award

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Areas of Practice (9)

  • Construction Litigation
  • Insurance Defense & Coverage
  • Maritime Law & Admiralty
  • Mass Tort & Class Action
  • Premises Liability
  • Product Liability
  • Workers' Compensation
  • Construction
  • Maritime

Education & Credentials

University Attended:
Student Attorney, Domestic Violence Clinic; Member, Sports Law Society; University of Florida, B.A., 2011
Law School Attended:
Tulane University, J.D., cum laude, Civil Law Certificate, 2014
Year of First Admission:
2014
Admission:
2014, Louisiana; 2022, Texas; U.S. District Courts for the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Louisiana; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Memberships:

Associations

•State Bar Association of Texas
•Louisiana State Bar Association
•New Orleans Bar Association
•Federal Bar Association
•Hogs for the Cause Fund
•Boys Town Louisiana, Board of Directors

Reported Cases:
Representative Matters: Obtained a directed verdict in a heavily-litigated residential construction defect case.; Achieved a total defense verdict after a contentious workers' compensation trial over a denied claim.; Obtained summary judgment in a first-party coverage dispute over excluded claims.; Obtained dismissal in a large breach of contract case for a business owner after asserting that the adverse party lacked a cause of action.; Obtained dismissal in a flooding class action based on a complex prescription argument.
ISLN:
923092251

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