55 Hall Booth Smith Lawyers Recognized as 2024 Best Lawyers® Award Recipients
We're pleased to announce that 55 lawyers have been included in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®.
Hall Booth Smith Attorneys Honored by The Best Lawyers In America 2023
47 lawyers from the firm have been honored in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.
Res Judicata in Workers’ Compensation Claims
Written by: Ann Baird Bishop, Esq. In a case decided October 29, 2020, the Court of Appeals held, among other things, that while the doctrine of res judicata applies in workers’ compensation cases, it does not preclude litigating a request
Mastering Form WC-104
Written by: Ann Baird Bishop, Esq. For almost 20 years, the Workers’ Compensation Act has provided for unilateral conversion from temporary total disability benefits to temporary partial disability benefits in non-catastrophic claims where
COVID-19’s Effect on SSDI Status Inquiries
Written by: Ann Bishop, Esq. Effective March 17, 2020, all Social Security Administration field offices were closed to the public in an effort to slow the growing rate of COVID-19 sufferers. In response to the field office closure, the Social
Forcing Reluctant Claimants to Return to the Doctor: WC-PMT(b)
Written by: Ann Baird Bishop, Esq. Effective July 1, 2017, the State Board of Workers’ Compensation enacted Rule 205(c) in an effort to address complaints regarding claimants’ difficulties in receiving prompt medical attention. The
July 1, 2019 Amendments to Georgia Workers’ Compensation Law
By: Ann Bishop, Esq. Here is a copy of Senate Bill 135 which passed and was signed into law by Governor Kemp and which went into effect on Monday, July 1, 2019. The amendments made some changes to the office of Director Emeritus of the State B
Hall Booth Smith Welcomes Ann Baird Bishop as Of Counsel in Atlanta
ATLANTA – May 2, 2019 – Hall Booth Smith, P.C. welcomes longtime workers’ compensation attorney Ann Baird Bishop as Of Counsel in its Atlanta office. Bishop has focused most of her more than 40-year legal career on workers’ compensation