Alex Battey
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.
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
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
- Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America, Best Lawyers®, 2022-2025
- Awarded in: Health Care Law, Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
Presentations
- Legal Case Update
Vizient Midsouth Legal Defense Forum, 2017