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Alex Battey

Alex Battey
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Alex Battey

Partner
Atlanta Office
abattey@hallboothsmith.com
T: 404.954.5196
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Biography

Alex Battey is a Partner in the Atlanta office. She focuses her practice on the defense of professional and medical malpractice cases. Alex represents health care institutions, private practices, physicians, psychologists, nurses, long-term care facilities, physician assistants, and medical practice staff members in complex medical malpractice actions in Georgia and nationwide.

As a member of the Batch Claims & Class Action practice group at HBS, Alex has expertise in handling high-volume, high-value groups of claims. She specializes in evaluating and defending damages for batch claims, utilizing tailored assessment tools to assess cases individually and globally to advise clients on trial strategies and potential resolution scenarios.

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Alex is also a key member of the firm’s Coronavirus strategic team. She closely monitors the fast-changing regulatory and legislative matters at the federal, state, and local levels to help clients remain compliant with evolving recommendations and mandates amid the global pandemic. She also represents health care clients facing claims related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

She graduated cum laude from Washington and Lee University in 2006 and received her Juris Doctor, cum laude, from the University of Georgia in 2011. While in law school, she served on the editorial board and then as the Senior Articles Editor for the Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law.

Alex was born and raised in Atlanta. She is licensed to practice law in Georgia and the District of Columbia.

Experience

Medical Malpractice

Alex’s litigation practice focuses on the defense of medical professionals, including doctors, nurses, hospitals, and others throughout Georgia. The allegations in the cases she has handled range from negligent treatment and diagnosis to wrongful death.

Credentials

Admitted

State & Territory Courts:

  • Georgia, 2011
  • Washington, D.C.; 2014

Education

  • J.D., cum laude, University of Georgia, 2011
  • B.A., cum laude, Washington and Lee University, 2006

Recognition

Presentations

  • Legal Case Update
    Vizient Midsouth Legal Defense Forum, 2017

In the Press

34 Hall Booth Smith Lawyers Named to 2024 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America

August 22, 2023

Hall Booth Smith is pleased to announce that 34 lawyers have been included in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America. The award recognizes associates and other lawyers who are earlier in their careers for their outstanding professional excellence in private practice in the United States. “The unparalleled methodology of Best

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Hall Booth Smith Attorneys Recognized as 2023 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch

August 18, 2022

Thirty-one lawyers from Hall Booth Smith, P.C. (HBS) have been honored as Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch. This recognition is given to attorneys, in a variety of practice groups, who are earlier in their careers for outstanding professional excellence in private practice in the United States. This honor is based on Best Lawyers®’  highly selective

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Hall Booth Smith Attorneys Recognized as 2022 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch

August 20, 2021

Thirty lawyers from Hall Booth Smith, P.C. (HBS) have been honored as Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch. This recognition is given to attorneys, in a variety of practice groups, who are earlier in their careers for outstanding professional excellence in private practice in the United States. This honor is based on Best Lawyers’®  highly selective

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CDC Federal Advisory Committee Recommends Giving Priority for COVID-19 Vaccines to Healthcare Workers and Long-Term Care Facility Residents in Wake of Deadline for States to Submit Their Vaccination Plans This Friday

December 4, 2020

Written by: Alex Battey, Esq. and Paige Nettles, Esq. On Tuesday, December 1, 2020 the independent Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), a panel advising the Centers for Disease Control and Prevision on the implementation of COVID-19 vaccinations, voted 13-1 in favor of giving priority to healthcare workers and long-term care facilities for the vaccine. 

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CMS Releases New Podcast Series for Frontline Staff of Nursing Homes to Prevent Spread of COVID-19

November 30, 2020

Written by: Alex Battey, Esq. and Laura Hall Cartner, Esq. In early 2019, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services created a podcast entitled “CMS Beyond the Policy,” describing podcasts as a “modern, user-friendly” method of keeping their audience informed about Agency developments. Past episodes are available on iTunes and at https://www.cms.gov/podcast. Some past topics

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Hall Booth Smith Names Battey, Brooks and Peoples as Partners

January 7, 2020

ATLANTA – Jan. 07, 2020 – Hall Booth Smith, P.C. has named three new partners as the firm elevates leaders and recognizes their outstanding service to clients. Joining the firm’s partnership ranks are Alex Battey in Atlanta; Shawn J. Brooks in Jacksonville, Florida; and Adam Peoples in Asheville, North Carolina. Battey focuses her practice on

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HBS Welcomes Back Alex Battey to the Atlanta Office

April 13, 2017

Hall Booth Smith, P.C. (HBS) is pleased to welcome back Alex Battey as an Associate in our Atlanta office. Ms. Battey returns to HBS after practicing 3 years in Washington, D.C., where she handled toxic tort litigation for a large international law firm. Ms. Battey originally joined HBS in 2011. She will again be focusing her practice

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