Experience
As a corporate litigator and trial attorney at Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A., Tiffany A. Blofield represents companies and professionals and helps them to protect their assets and reputations. She joined the firm in 1995 and is known for her work settling contract disputes, protecting intellectual property and representing clients in complex litigation, including state and national appeals.
Tiffany is an active contributor to the firm’s intellectual property practice, representing clients primarily in trademark and patent disputes. She also supports clients in pre-litigation preparation and during litigation with e-discovery processes and research. She is familiar with compliance issues involving technology, including health care privacy regulations and infringement on the Internet.
She is also an advocate for dentists and medical professionals in representing matters before professional licensing boards, including the Minnesota Board of Medical Practice and the Minnesota Board of Dentistry. This includes her work in HIPAA and HITECH compliance as well as guiding clients through the sale or acquisition of medical and dental practices.
Tiffany’s corporate litigation experience includes a variety of contract disputes, Uniform Commercial Code matters, bank litigation, employment matters, product liability and shareholder disputes, among others.
Prior to joining the firm, Tiffany clerked for United States Magistrate Judge Franklin Noel of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota from 1993 to 1995. She currently serves on the Federal Practice Committee for the U.S. District Court of Minnesota. She also writes for the firm’s DuetsBlog on interesting and cutting-edge trademark issues. In her spare time, Tiffany supports a variety of charitable causes, including St. Jude’s Hospital.
Bar Admissions
Minnesota, 1993
U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, 1994
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 2003
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, 2006
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, 1996