Hall Booth Smith Attorneys Honored by The Best Lawyers In America 2023

Hall Booth Smith, P.C. (HBS) is pleased to announce 47 lawyers from the firm were honored in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. This award is based on an evaluation process that includes a collection of client and lawyer evaluations and peer reviews from attorneys in the same field. These HBS attorneys and their designated practices are:

• Isaac N. Northup, Jr. (Asheville, NC) – Medical Malpractice Law- Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation- Defendants
• Adam Peoples (Asheville, NC) – Personal Injury Litigation- Defendants
• Ann Baird Bishop (Atlanta, GA) – Workers’ Compensation Law- Employers
• Alex H. Booth (Atlanta, GA) – Insurance Litigation, Medical Malpractice Law- Defendants
• Brad Carver (Atlanta, GA) – Workers’ Compensation Law- Employers
• Duane L. Cochenour (Atlanta, GA) – Insurance Law, Medical Malpractice Law- Defendants
• Brittany H. Cone (Atlanta, GA) – Health Care Law
• John E. Hall, Jr. (Atlanta, GA) – Commercial Litigation, Health Care Litigation, Medical Malpractice Law- Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation- Defendants, Professional Malpractice Law- Defendants
• H. Eric Hilton (Atlanta, GA) – Construction Law, Employment Law- Management
• Jo A. Jagor (Atlanta, GA) – Personal Injury Litigation- Defendants, Professional Malpractice Law- Defendants
• C. Michael Johnson (Atlanta, GA) – Insurance Law
• Thomas J. Mazziotti (Atlanta, GA) – Mass tort Litigation / Class Actions- Defendants, Product Liability Litigation- Defendants
• Rush S. Smith, Jr. (Atlanta, GA) – Commercial Litigation, Health Care Law, Insurance Law
• R. David Ware (Atlanta, GA) – Commercial Litigation
• David W. Proctor (Birmingham, AL) – Personal Injury Litigation- Defendants
• Beth Boone (Brunswick, GA) – Medical Malpractice Law- Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation- Defendants
• Charles A. Dorminy (Brunswick, GA) – Medical Malpractice Law- Defendants
• James B. Durham (Brunswick, GA) – Personal Injury Litigation- Defendants
• N. Daniel Lovein (Brunswick, GA) – Insurance Litigation, Medical Malpractice Law- Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation- Defendants
• Alan R. Belcher (Charleston, SC) – Insurance Law
• Joseph D. Thompson III (Charleston, SC) – Personal Injury Litigation- Defendants
• John M. Sheftall (Columbus, GA) – Trusts and Estates Litigation, Trusts and Estates
• Charles T. Staples (Columbus, GA) – Trusts and Estates
• Christine A. Craigmile (Denver, CO) – Insurance Law, Medical Malpractice Law- Defendants
• Kathleen E. Craigmile (Denver, CO) – Labor and Employment Litigation
• Catherine O’Brien Crum (Denver, CO) – Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law, Health Care Law, Medical Malpractice Law- Defendants, Professional Malpractice Law- Defendants
• C. Darin Jensen (Denver, CO) – Family Law
• Elizabeth C. Moran (Denver, CO) – Appellate Practice, Insurance Law, Medical Malpractice Law- Defendants
• Scott S. Nixon (Denver, CO) – Medical Malpractice Law- Defendants
• Bolor Nyamaa (Denver, CO) – Insurance Law
• Melissa A. Ogburn (Denver, CO) – Insurance Law
• Bradley N. Shefrin (Denver, CO) – Construction Law, Construction Litigation, Insurance Litigation, Real Estate Law
• Lawrence D. Stone (Denver, CO) – Employment Law- Management, Insurance Litigation, Labor and Employment Litigation
• Richard L. Lasseter (Jacksonville, FL) – Commercial Litigation, Construction Law
• Geoffrey D. Sessions (Jacksonville, FL) – Medical Malpractice law- Defendants
• Tony A. DiCarlo III (Little Rock, AR) – Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation- Defendants
• Baxter D. Drennon (Little Rock, AR) – Personal Injury Litigation- Defendants
• Todd Wooten (Little Rock, AR) – Personal Injury Litigation- Defendants
• Jennifer Harrison (Memphis, TN) – Personal Injury Litigation- Defendants
• Elizabeth Lowrance Hausbeck (Missoula, MT) – Health Care Law, Medical Malpractice Law- Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation- Defendants
• Karl Braun (Nashville, TN) – Entertainment Law- Motion Pictures and Television, Entertainment Law- Music, Intellectual Property Litigation
• Todd Gilbert (New York, NY) – Medical Malpractice Law- Defendants
• Anthony Venditto (New York, NY) – Medical Malpractice Law- Defendants
• Joseph F. Herbert III (Red Bank, NJ) – Litigation Construction
• S. William Fuller, Jr. (Tallahassee, FL) – Medical Malpractice Law- Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation- Defendants
• Anthony A. Rowell (Tifton, GA) – Medical Malpractice Law- Defendants
• Denise Dawson (West Palm Beach, FL) – Medical Malpractice Law- Defendants

HBS would like to congratulate the recipients of this year’s Best Lawyers® awards. These honors recognize the outstanding legal work performed by HBS attorneys and bolster the firm’s reputation as one of the leading law firms in the Southeast.

Best Lawyers® is one of the oldest and most respected attorney ranking services. For more than 40 years, Best Lawyers® has assisted those in need of legal services to identify the attorneys best qualified to represent them in distant jurisdictions or unfamiliar specialties. Best Lawyers lists are published in leading local, regional and national publications across the globe. The Best Lawyers in America list recognizes the very best lawyers in each practice area and metropolitan region in the country.

About Hall Booth Smith

Established in 1989, Hall Booth Smith, P.C. (HBS) is a full-service law firm with six regional offices strategically located throughout Georgia, as well as offices in Birmingham, Alabama; Charleston, South Carolina; Asheville and Charlotte, North Carolina; Jacksonville, Miami, Tallahassee, Tampa, St. Petersburg and West Palm Beach, Florida; Nashville and Memphis, Tennessee; Little Rock and Rogers, Arkansas; Missoula, Montana; Denver, Colorado; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Paramus, Red Bank and Saddle Brook, New Jersey; White Plains and New York, New York. Experienced across a wide range of legal disciplines, HBS attorneys pride themselves on providing knowledgeable, proactive, client-specific counsel to individuals, domestic and international corporations, state and federal agencies, and nonprofit organizations. The firm’s promise: “Serving to Achieve Excellence.” To learn more, please visit: www.hallboothsmith.com or connect with us on LinkedIn.