Lydia Habliston Toso Special Counsel —New Orleans Phone: 504.584.5461 Fax: 504.584.5452 lydia.toso@bswllp.com

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Lydia Toso, Special Counsel in the New Orleans office, practices primarily in the areas of healthcare law, medical malpractice and insurance defense.

Education

Notarial Commission appointed May 1, 1986 for the State of LA.

Tulane University, J.D. - 1981

Virginia Tech, M.A. - 1974

Hollins College, B.A. - 1971

Admissions

1981, Louisiana State Courts; 1991, Eastern, Middle & Western Districts of Louisiana; 2000, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

Professional Associations

General Counsel to Children's Carnival Club

Louisiana State Bar Association, Medical-Legal Committee, 1995 - 1996; Mentoring Committee, 2001 - 2002.

Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel

Louisiana Association of Hospital Attorneys

Community Involvement

Governor Louisiana Jamestowne Society

Assistant General and Historian-Louisiana Mayflower Society

Treasurer-National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Louisiana

Chairman Louisiana Heritage Committee-Orleans Club

Vice President Huguenot Society of New Orleans

Presentations

December 8, 2011 – “Medical Malpractice Guide to Misdiagnosis Cases.”

March 15, 2011 – "Risk Management, Duty to Warn, and Other" presented at the Louisiana Hospital Association's Mental Health Law Update Conference.

September 15, 2009 - Louisiana Hospital Association's, seminar: Louisiana Legislative Update.

March 26, 2009 - Presentation to the Louisiana Hospital Association, 2009 Mental Health Law Update: "Risk Management, Duty to Warn, and More."

January 13, 2009 - Presentation to the Louisiana Hospital Association, Compliance Program: "Risk Management and Compliance Issues."