Atty. Jo A. Jagor
Jo A. Jagor is a Partner in our Atlanta office and has defended medical professionals for more than two decades.
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Jo A. Jagor is a Partner based in Atlanta, Georgia, practicing at Hall Booth Smith, P.C.. They have 27+ years of legal experience, licensed to practice since 1999. Their practice focuses on medical malpractice, class action, and health care. Admitted to practice in Georgia Supreme Court (1999), Wyoming (2022), Montana (2023), and Colorado U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia U.S. District Court for the Middle (2023). Educated at Loyola University of Chicago (Bachelor, 1983). Recognitions include Peer Reviewed. Serands clients in Atlanta, GA and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Jo A. Jagor is a Partner in our Atlanta office and has defended medical professionals for more than two decades
- She specializes in representing every type of licensed health care professional on the full spectrum of claims, civil suits, and administrative actions
- Jo actively defends hospitals and medical professionals all over the country concerning not only allegations of professional negligence but also claims of ordinary negligence, in peer review or quality management hearings, and premises liability actions
- She has experience in high exposure medical malpractice actions including batch claims and/or class action cases
- A mainstay of her practice is defense of doctors, nurses, dentists, hygienists, psychologists, chiropractors, eye specialists, and therapists in civil suits
- peer review actions
- and in investigative hearings and administrative hearings with their respective licensing boards
- Jo also defends step-down facilities, skilled nursing, rehabilitation centers, and assisted living facilities
- She handles a growing number of breach actions with the Department of Health and Human Services
- Jo is a regular speaker at risk management and other training seminars for numerous insurance companies, physician/dental practices, and hospitals
- She often performs educational seminars for insurance companies as well as for professional organizations such as the American Dental Association, Hinman Dental Society, and numerous state chapters
- She has served on the Board of Directors for the Georgia Defense Lawyers Association and the Georgia Society of Healthcare Risk Managers and is a long-standing member of DRI and the American Society of Healthcare Risk Managers
- Jo earned a Juris Doctor from the Georgia State University College of Law and received a Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, from Loyola University in Chicago
- Experience Aging Services Jo has extensive experience handling cases for long-term care providers including private and state skilled nursing and assisted living facilities
- She has been involved in bringing about numerous claims to a successful resolution for the long-term care industry
- Dental Jo grew up in a family of dentists and dental providers and is a co-leader for the Dental Service
- She began her medical malpractice defense career specifically defending dentists of all types including general dentists, oral and maxillofacial surgeons, endodontists, periodontists, prosthodontists, pedodontists, orthodontists, and hygienists in civil suits and claims, as well as with issues involving the State Licensing Board of Dentistry
- Jo has assisted her clients in resolving risk management issues, updating consent and medical forms, and with their general business concerns
- She is an annual speaker at risk management seminars for various insurance companies
- She has teamed up with some esteemed dental experts to present mock trials at numerous professional organizations
- Jo has also recently enjoyed teaching dental ethics and risk management to 2nd and 3rd year dental students at Georgia Regents University College of Dental Medicine
- Jo admires the art of dentistry, and she has taken the time to learn the medicine so that she can better communicate with her clients and the experts in this field
- General Liability Jo brings experience in a wide variety of general liability claims, specifically premises liability
- She has trial experience in both state and federal courts, handling cases of all levels of exposure and involving a wide array of allegations and issues
- Health Care Jo represents two premier hospitals in the greater Atlanta area
- In so doing, Jo defends all of the hospitals’ employees in alleged professional negligence actions
- She also represents the hospitals in peer review matters, general liability claims, and premises liability actions
- Medical Malpractice Jo’s practice is devoted to the representation of surgeons, internists, neurologists, pain medicine physicians, oral surgeons, orthodontists, dentists, eye doctors, chiropractors, and other medical professionals in a variety of professional negligence actions
- She has successfully defended several health care providers at trial and has successfully represented professionals in medical and dental board actions
- She continues to work diligently for these medical professionals to achieve a successful result
- Professional Malpractice & Ethics Jo has defended fellow attorneys in legal malpractice actions and looks forward to the challenge a concentration in this area of the law provides
- Recognition •The Best Lawyers in America , Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, Best Lawyers, 2018-2026 •Peer Reviewed, Martindale-Hubbell •Georgia Rising Star, Super Lawyers
- 2005-2006, 2009 Presentations •Legal Ramifications in the Practice of Dentistry The Hinman Dental Meeting
- March 2026 •A Simulated Dental Malpractice Trial: as Real as it Gets Without Being in Court Rocky Mountain Dental Convention
- January 19, 2024 •SmileCon Mock Trial American Dental Association Conference, 2022 •Legal Perspective: Maintaining Ethics and Other Aspects of Your Practice American Psychological Association Conference, August 2021 •Simulated Malpractice Mock Trial: COVID-19 Lawsuit American Dental Association FDC Virtual Connect Conference, October 2020 •Mock Trial Southwest Dental Conference, September 2017 •Rising Tides: A Battle of the Experts in a Dental Malpractice Trial Georgia Dental Association, July 2017 •Mock Trial California Dental Association, May 2017 •Risk Management Seminar Dunwoody Dental Study Group, January 2017 •Mock Trial American Dental Association Annual Meeting, October 2016 •Mock Trial Annual Hinman Dental Meeting, March 2016 •Simulated Dental Malpractice Trial Presentation American Dental Association’s 156th ADA Annual Session, November 2015 •Simulated Dental Malpractice Court Case Presented Live The Hinman Dental Meeting, March 2015 •Accepted Standards of Care and Dentist Liability The Hinman Dental Society Annual Meeting, March 2015 •Simulated Malpractice Court Case Presented Live The Hinman Dental Society Annual Meeting, March 2014 Publications •Consent Requirements for Medical Treatment of Adults in Georgia 2016 •Assault and Abuse Reporting Requirements in Georgia 2016 •Ethics CLE: A Painless Approach For the Defense, September 2003 In the Press 58 HBS Attorneys Recognized as The Best Lawyers in America Award Recipients August 16, 2024 Hall Booth Smith, P.C. is pleased to announce that 58 lawyers have been included in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America
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Medical malpractice lawyers represent patients harmed by negligent doctors, hospitals, and other providers. Free case review, no fee unless you win.
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Practicing law in Georgia. Legal matters in Georgia are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in Atlanta are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate Georgia state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in Georgia 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 Georgia courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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