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Margaret H. “Meg” Donahue

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Margaret H. "Meg" Donahue

Of Counsel
Charleston Office
mdonahue@hallboothsmith.com
T: 803.730.3978
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Biography

Margaret H. “Meg” Donahue is Of Counsel in our office in Charleston, South Carolina, and she concentrates her practice on issues in workers’ compensation.

Meg represents employers and insurance carriers in coverage disputes, compensability, permanency disputes, medically complex cases, and toxic exposure in the workplace. She advises clients in defensive strategy, claim valuation, and mitigation of risk and loss. Earlier in her career, she spent many years in Columbia, South Carolina, with both a large regional and a boutique firm, where she specialized in workers’ compensation defense, subrogation, and insurance coverage.

Meg earned her Juris Doctor from the University of South Carolina and a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration with a specialty in equine business management from St. Andrews University (formerly St. Andrews Presbyterian College) in Laurinburg, North Carolina.

Experience

Meg has more than 15 years of experience representing employers and insurance carriers in a wide variety of workers’ compensation claims. She counsels clients through coverage disagreements, compensability, medically complex cases, and toxic exposure in the workplace.

Credentials

Admitted

State Courts:

  • South Carolina

Education

  • J.D., University of South Carolina
  • B.A., cum laude, Business Administration, St. Andrews University

Memberships

  • American Society of Equine Appraisers: Accredited Appraiser, 2002-Present
  • Georgia Hunter Jumper Associate: Board of Directors, 2018-Present
  • South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Education Association: Member

Publications

In the Press

South Carolina WCC Electronic Forms Submissions

July 28, 2021
Written by: Margaret H. Donahue, Esq. On July 27, 2021, the South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Commission issued the attached advisory notice detailing new procedures for email submission of Forms 15,17,19, and 20 by Carriers.  As with prior versions of electronic submission, the Commission is requiring specific format to be followed and will assume no responsibility
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TPD & Concurrent Illnesses: Not Just a COVID Question – a South Carolina Perspective

March 19, 2021
Written by: Margaret “Meg” H. Donahue, Esq. At the one-year anniversary of COVID-19 in America, you’d probably think all the questions had been asked.  But only recently, one came up that I was surprised hadn’t surfaced sooner.  The question was, if a worker is on light duty for a work injury and receiving temporary partial
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Hall Booth Smith Welcomes Donahue As Of Counsel To Its Charleston Office

August 5, 2020
CHARLESTON, S.C.– August 5, 2020 – Hall Booth Smith, P.C. is delighted to welcome Of Counsel Margaret “Meg” H. Donahue to its growing office in Charleston, South Carolina, as the firm expands its workers’ compensation practice. Meg represents employers and insurance carriers in coverage disputes, compensability to medically complex cases and toxic exposure in the
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