Atty. Brittney B. Claud
Brittney Claud is an associate with Starnes Davis Florie LLP. Her practice is primarily focused in the areas of nursing home and assisted living defense litigation and regulatory matters.
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Brittney B. Claud is an Associate based in Birmingham, Alabama, practicing at Starnes Davis Florie Llp. Their practice focuses on elder law and health care. Educated at Cumberland School of Law (J.D., 2013) and University of Central Florida (B.S., 2010). Active member of Community Involvement Brittney is an active member at a local church where she serves in the nursery and as a life group leader and Previously, Brittney served as a guardian ad litem with the Orange County Legal Aid Society for numerous children suspected to be victims of parental abuse, neglect, and abandonment. Serands clients in Birmingham, AL and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Brittney Claud is an associate with Starnes Davis Florie LLP. Her practice is primarily focused in the areas of nursing home and assisted living defense litigation and regulatory matters
- She has experience compelling and defending claims in arbitration
- Prior to joining the firm, Brittney was an associate attorney for a national defense firm in Orlando, Florida where she defended skilled nursing and assisted living facilities against negligence and wrongful death claims
- Her practice also focused on medical malpractice defense and commercial litigation
- She is admitted to practice in Alabama and Florida
- Brittney received her Juris Doctor magna cum laude from the Cumberland School of Law, Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama in May 2013 and her Bachelor of Science magna cum laude from the University of Central Florida in May 2010, with a major in legal studies and a minor in business administration
- Professional Recognition •Brittney served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Judge Karon Bowdre, U.S
- District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. •While attending law school, Brittney served as Writing Editor of the Cumberland Law Review, was a Judge Abraham Caruthers Teaching fellow and Scholar of Merit
- She was also a Merit Scholarship recipient
- She participated in various trial and moot court competitions. •Brittney serves as Diversity Vice Chair for the Alabama Defense Lawyers Association's Women's Section
- Highlights • Obtained a defense award on behalf of an independent living facility in a negligence and premises liability case arising from a resident’s fall at the facility. •Obtained a defense award, after a three-day Arbitration, on behalf of a nursing home in a personal injury and wrongful death case arising from resident falling from a wheelchair. •Obtained a defense award in a personal injury case brought against a skilled nursing facility and the Director of Nursing, involving a left distal femur fracture of unknown etiology. •Obtained a defense judgment following a two-day arbitration of a nursing home negligence and wrongful death case
- Presentations and Publications •First Place Winner of the 2011-2012 ABA Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section (TIPS) Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee’s Law Student Writing Competition - “Enforcing Nursing Home Arbitration: The Limits of State Public Policy in Light of Brown v
- Genesis Healthcare Corporation.” News & Insights • SDF’s Brittney Claud & Joseph Reese Obtain Defense Award for Independent Living Facility •News Alert: OSHA’s focus on workplace violence in healthcare continues •SDF’s Richard Davis & Brittney Claud Obtain Favorable Judgment for Family Physician in Medicare Overpayment/Recoupment Case •Bates, Still & Claud Obtain Defense Award for a Nursing Home in Arbitration •US Department of Labor Announces Enforcement, Effort for Focused Inspections in Hospitals, Nursing Care Facilities Treating COVID-19 Patients •Vaccine Mandate Update: OSHA Clear to Enforce, CMS in Limbo •Reese & Claud Obtain Defense Award in Nursing Home Case •Biden-Harris Administration Issues Emergency Regulation Requiring COVID-19 Vaccination for Health Care Workers •OSHA Issues Vaccine Mandate: Common Questions on OSHA’s Large Employer Vaccine Mandate •OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard for Healthcare Workers •OSHA’s National Emphasis Program - COVID-19 •Biden’s OSHA and the Likelihood of More COVID-19 Regulation •Starnes Davis Florie Welcomes New Attorney Brittney Claud to the Firm Fun Facts Brittney enjoys spending time with her husband, son, and dog
- She loves traveling and the outdoors, especially the beach
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Elder law attorneys for Medicaid planning, long-term care, guardianship, conservatorship, and elder abuse.
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Health care attorneys for HIPAA, Medicare, Medicaid, regulatory compliance, and medical licensing matters.
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Why local counsel matters in Alabama
Practicing law in Alabama. Legal matters in Alabama are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in Birmingham are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate Alabama state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in Alabama brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantive law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in Alabama courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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