Beth Boone

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Beth Boone

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Biography

A native of Lebanon Junction, Kentucky, Beth Boone practices in all areas of professional negligence and medical malpractice defense as well as fiduciary litigation, premises, trucking, and general civil litigation.

She is licensed in both Georgia and Tennessee and practices actively in both states. She has tried numerous bench trials and jury trials throughout her career. Beth has also served in litigation matters varying from automobile accidents, “slip and fall” actions, breach of contract, and real estate issues.

Experience

Aging Services

Beth has represented clients in litigated long-term care including many jury trials. Her practice includes professional malpractice defense for skilled nursing facilities and assisted living facilities. She has represented individual health care providers, administrators, physicians, and operators in civil litigation issues ranging from pre-suit claims to malpractice and regulatory litigation.

Correctional Health Care

As the practice’s leader, Beth has experience in representing both correctional health care companies and individually named professionals in litigation as varied as pro se inmate pleadings to professional negligence and federal civil rights claims. Specifically, Beth’s representation has included claims involving total health care, including mental health, dental, and medical actions.

She has represented such individuals and entities servicing local, state, and federal facilities in both Georgia and Tennessee and actively practices in both states.

Dental

Beth represents professionals such as physicians, nurses, ophthalmologists, dentists, and attorneys in a variety of matters including professional negligence, malpractice, and state board licensing complaints. She is also experienced with defending physician practices/professional entities and facilities such as hospitals and long-term care institutions in professional negligence matters.

Beth has successfully defended and favorably resolved matters for dentists and their practice groups throughout southeastern Georgia. Her legal, dental, and health care professional defense experience includes issues ranging from informal investigations to full board hearings and malpractice litigation.

Medical Malpractice

Beth has successfully represented doctors, hospitals, nurses, and nursing homes in medical malpractice cases. She strives to defend each client with the utmost professionalism and her representation includes litigation, licensing, and some regulatory matters.

Premises Liability

Beth has extensive experience in retail and hospitality industry claims, ranging from pre-suit investigations to trials. Her experience ranges from matters as varied as slip and falls to premises liability actions. She has successfully defended grocery stores, hotels, and restaurants in litigation involving a wide variety of issues.

Wills, Trusts, & Estate Administration

Beth has extensive experience in representing personal representatives with their fiduciary duties, as well as representing the interests of both minor and adult beneficiaries in taxable and nontaxable estates. She also has personally served as fiduciary in numerous trusts and estates involving millions of dollars of assets.

She has also litigated many matters involving breach of fiduciary duties from both the plaintiff and defense sides. Additionally, she has consulted, planned, and served in an advisory capacity to numerous clients in regards to wills and other estate planning issues.

Credentials

Admitted

State Courts:

  • Georgia, 2008
    • Court of Appeals, 2013
  • Tennessee, 2002

U.S. District Courts:

  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, 2021
  • U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, 2018
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia, 2009
  • U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, 2002

U.S. Courts of Appeals:

  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 2014

Education

  • J.D., Nashville School of Law, 1998
  • M.B.A., Tennessee State University, 1992
  • B.B.A., with departmental honors, University of Kentucky, 1987

Memberships

  • State Bar of Georgia, Access to Justice Committee; 2020-2021, 2023-2024
  • American Board of Trial Advocates, Southeastern Georgia Chapter; Secretary, 2023
  • Georgia Defense Lawyers Association:
    • Vice President, 2023-2026
    • Southern District Board of Directors, 2019-2022
    • State-at-Large Director, 2017-2019
  • Georgia Legal Services Program; Board of Directors, 2010-2018; Treasurer, 2013-2018
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  • Glynn County Bar Association; President, 2016; Secretary, 2015; Law Day Chair 2014; Social Chair 2011-2013
  • Transition into Law Practice Program; Mentor, 2016
  • Heartland Hospice, Professional Advisory Committee; Member; Board of Directors, 2010-2014
  • Coastal GA Regional Development Center, Aging Services Advisory Council, Board Member, 2009-2012
  • Sea Palms Property Owners Association, Treasurer, 2009-2011
  • Keep Brunswick-Golden Isles Beautiful, Adopt a Beach Sponsor, 2008-2010
  • International Association of Insurance Professionals, Golden Isles Chapter
  • Brenau University, Adjunct Instructor
  • Brunswick-Golden Isles Chamber of Commerce
  • Claims and Litigation Management Alliance (CLMA)
  • Coastal Alliance for Protection of Elders, Founding Member
  • Defense Research Institute, Trial Tactics Committee, Member
  • Georgia Society for Healthcare Risk Managers
  • Tennessee Bar Association

Recognition

  • AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rated™, Martindale-Hubbell
  • The Best Lawyers in America® – Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants & Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Best Lawyers®, 2016-2024
  • Attorney for Justice Pro Bono Honor Roll, Tennessee Supreme Court, 2018-2019
  • Female Leader Honoree, Golden Isles YMCA, 2017
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  • J. Carlton Loser Scholarship Recipient, 1997-1998
  • Moot Court Award, 1997-1998
  • Harry Philips American Inn of Courts Student Member, 1997-1998
  • Cooper’s Inn Society

Presentations

  • Coat of Many Colors: A Conversation with the Honorable Frank G. Clement, Jr., Tennessee Court of Appeals Middle Section
    Southeastern Women Litigators Conference; March 1, 2024
  • Outside Consults: Do’s & Don’ts from a Medical Director and Counsel
    National Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC), National Conference; October 4, 2023
  • Mock Deposition Preparation for Your Health Care Provider
    National Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC), National Conference; October 3, 2023
  • New Avenues for Risk Management
    CPCU I-Day 2023; August 10, 2023
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  • Defending Correctional Health Care Claims
    National Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC), Spring Conference; May 1, 2023
  • Sailing Your Story Through Cross Exam
    Southeastern Women Litigators Conference; March 23, 2023
  • Payments, Politics, and Publicity: A 2021 Update on the Law of Medical Malpractice, Aging Services, and Related Issues
    Georgia Defense Lawyers Association, 2021 Annual Conference
  • Deposition Preparation for the Clinical Practitioner
    National Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC), Annual Conference; November 2021
  • Defending Deliberate Indifference Claims
    National Commission on Correctional Health Care, Virtual Conference; November 2, 2020
  • How to Help your Lawyer Protect You
    American College of Correctional Physicians, Fall Meeting, 2019
  • How Depositions Impact Trials
    National Commission on Correctional Health Care, Annual Conference, 2019
  • Anatomy of a Lawsuit in Correctional Mental Health Care
    National Commission on Correctional Health Care, Correctional Mental Heath Care Conference, 2018
  • How to Testify as a Defendant or Expert Physician in Correctional Medicine Cases
    American College of Correctional Physicians, 2018 Spring Educational Conference
  • Recent Trends in Correctional Health Care Litigation
    American Correctional Health Services Association South East Region, Fall Conference, 2015
  • Recent Trends in Correctional Health Care Litigation
    American Correctional Health Services Association South East Region, Fall Conference, 2014

Publications

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