Hall Booth Smith Adds Four New Associates as Firm Continues to Grow

ATLANTA – Hall Booth Smith, P.C. welcomes four new associates as the firm expands its offices across the Southeast to better serve client needs.

Katherine R. Heath is an associate in our office in Asheville, North Carolina, and she handles a wide variety of general liability, governmental liability and product liability matters, as well as professional malpractice and ethics, professional negligence and medical malpractice cases. She earned a Juris Doctorate from Wake Forest University School of Law, and a Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, from Wake Forest University. Earlier in her career, Heath was a judicial intern for the North Carolina Court of Appeals and a legal intern at the Forsyth County District Attorney’s Office.

Asya Morgan is an associate in Atlanta who focuses on long-term care for nursing homes and assisted living facilities, premises liability, medical malpractice including wrongful death, insurance coverage and product liability matters. Earlier in her career, she worked as a paralegal on pre-litigation and litigation matters. Morgan earned a Juris Doctorate from the Walter F. George School of Law at Mercer University, and she holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Georgia State University. She has lived in Nicaragua, and is proficient in Spanish.

Caroline Jozefczyk is an associate in our Atlanta office, and she focuses on general liability, insurance coverage, products liability and construction. She earned a Juris Doctorate, cum laude, from the University of Georgia School of Law, and during law school she interned with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Georgia and served as Executive Editor of the Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law. She also holds a Bachelor of Arts degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Georgia.

Pearson Cunningham is an associate in Atlanta, and his practice is focused on government liability, business litigation and education matters. Previously, he served as a clerk for the Court of Appeals of Georgia and was a legislative aide. Cunningham earned a Juris Doctorate, magna cum laude, from Georgia State University School of Law, where he was Legislation Editor for the Georgia State University Law Review and supervised publication of the Peach Sheets issue that covers important legislation from the Georgia General Assembly. He also holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Georgia.

“We are pleased to welcome these new associates to the Hall Booth Smith family as we deepen our commitment to providing the very best service to our clients,” said Alex Booth, managing partner of the firm.

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, North Palm Beach and Tallahassee, Florida; and Nashville and Memphis, Tennessee. 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.