Rachal D. Chance is a partner in the New Orleans office of Lewis Brisbois and a member of the Professional Liability and Insurance Coverage Practices. Rachal has extensive experience throughout Louisiana in federal and state courts, beginning with her judicial clerkship in 2007 for Hon. John C. Davidson, retired Louisiana state court judge.

Her focus is litigation in professional liability, medical malpractice, insurance coverage and complex business & commercial liability. She has represented various professionals, such as physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, medical facilities, allied health professionals, architects, engineers, and insurance agents and brokers.  Rachal also has experience with interstate transportation litigation and coverage evaluations for brokers and carriers.  Rachal has tried cases and argued appeals in state and federal courts of Louisiana and represented clients pro hac in Texas, Mississippi, and Florida.

Admissions

• State Bar Admissions
  • Louisiana
• United States District Courts
  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
  • United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana
  • United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana

Admissions

Louisiana

United States District Courts: Eastern District of Louisiana, Middle District of Louisiana, Western District of Louisiana

Associations

• Louisiana State Bar Association
• New Orleans Bar Association
• Defense Research Institute
• Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel
• U.S. Senate Youth Alumni Association

Education

Louisiana State University Law Center

Juris Doctor, Bachelor of Civil Law

Baylor University

Bachelor of Science, Biology – Pre-healthcare concentration

• Alpha Epsilon Delta Honor Society
• University Scholars Program
• Baylor in Great Britain, summer abroad, Imperial College London