Atty. Ryan M. Donihue
Partner Ryan M. Donihue is a leader in complex and high-exposure medical malpractice litigation defense, specializing in birth trauma, brain injury, catastrophic injury, neonatal and pediatric matters, and other high-risk damages actions in courts across the United States.
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Ryan M. Donihue is a Partner based in Atlanta, Georgia, practicing at Hall Booth Smith, P.C.. Their practice focuses on medical malpractice, class action, and product liability. Educated at New York Law School (J.D., 2000) and University of Puget Sound (B.A., 1997). Serands clients in Atlanta, GA and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Partner Ryan M. Donihue is a leader in complex and high-exposure medical malpractice litigation defense, specializing in birth trauma, brain injury, catastrophic injury, neonatal and pediatric matters, and other high-risk damages actions in courts across the United States
- A senior leader on the firm’s elite National Trial Counsel specialty team, Ryan works relentlessly to minimize indemnification risk by aggressively defending clients in the highest exposure cases, including potential precedent-setting litigation and catastrophic medical professional liability claims in challenging venues
- Ryan also has extensive experience in successfully defending clients in batch claims and class action cases throughout the country
- Additionally, Ryan often serves as National Monitoring and Supervising Counsel for excess insurers and insureds, including clients internationally as well as numerous domestic insurers
- He works closely with each client to align litigation strategy with their business objectives and the potential risk profile and financial exposure of the case
- He provides case oversight and defense counsel coordination with coordinated aggressive damages evaluations
- He communicates effectively and provides detailed reports about case developments, makes recommendations and adjusts strategy, and conducts risk management and data-driven analysis of venue risk, jury dynamics, trial proceedings, and potential outcomes at every stage of high indemnity exposure cases
- Beyond litigation defense, Ryan offers national and international clients extensive pre-suit service including internal investigations and pre-litigation evaluations, and he often counsel’s clients on their own risk management policies and practices
- Ryan represents all physician and surgical specialties including but not limited to Obstetricians, Certified Nurse Midwives, Labor and Delivery Nurses, Post-Partum Nurses, Neonatologists, Neurosurgeons, Pediatricians as well as Psychologists, Psychiatrists, Mental health providers, Physician practice groups, Hospitals, Ambulatory Surgical Centers, and Health care organizations
- Ryan has more than a quarter of a century of complex medical malpractice litigation defense experience, and has served as National Trial Counsel and National Monitoring and Supervising Counsel for insurers and insureds in countless high-exposure cases in major courts all across the United States
- Ryan is licensed to practice law in Oregon, New Mexico, Colorado, Idaho, New York, Texas, Oklahoma, North Carolina, Georgia, Connecticut, Arkansas, Montana, Missouri, West Virginia, and Wyoming
- He often works as co-Lead Counsel alongside Local Counsel in order to jointly obtain the desired results by clients or the insurer
- Ryan leads Litigation Teams, assesses potential risk and the merits of each case, and sets trial strategy
- He works closely with the entire Litigation Team to oversee motion practice, retain and prepare specialized witnesses including actuarial experts, conduct eDiscovery and data organization and management, prepare for trial, and aggressively defend against damages to send a message to Plaintiff counsel that the Defense is always fully prepared and willing to try cases
- As a respected lecturer and mentor, Ryan is often invited to guest lecture or present at legal education conferences throughout the country and abroad, including American Legal Connections, Hospital and Hospital Systems and conferences by leading reinsurance firms
- He often lectures on strategies for defending medical malpractice and catastrophic injury actions
- the importance of aggressive damage defense to minimize exposure and reduce potential jury awards
- emerging trends, developments, and impact of litigation outcomes
- and proactive, thoughtful Risk Management and training to minimize the risk of litigation in the first place
- Before joining HBS in 2015, Ryan was a Partner with Martin Clearwater & Bell, LLP, the oldest medical malpractice Defense firm in New York State
- Earlier in his career, he was an Assistant Corporation Counsel with the New York City Law Department, where he represented hospitals and health care providers in the Medical Malpractice Unit of the Office of the Corporation Counsel
- Ryan earned a Juris Doctor with a focus on health law from New York Law School
- He completed his undergraduate career at the University of Puget Sound, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree
- Experience Medical Malpractice Ryan focuses his practice on the defense of hospitals, physicians, midwives, nurses, and institutional employees in birth trauma and catastrophic injury cases
- He also represents and defends health care institutions, private practices, physicians, psychologists, nurses, physician assistants, medical students, and medical practice staff members in complex medical malpractice actions from inception through trial
- Ryan has extensive experience representing health care professionals before state Boards in licensing and disciplinary matters
- Finally, he has lectured at hospital grand rounds, discussing the increasing trends in malpractice actions, state investigations and professional discipline cases
- Monitoring & Supervisory Ryan serves as National Monitoring and Supervising Counsel for excess insurers and insureds, including numerous domestic insurers as well as clients internationally
- He understands each client’s specific business objectives to ensure litigation strategy is aligned in high indemnity exposure cases, oversees the case, coordinates defense counsel, conducts data-driven evaluations of trial risk and financial exposure, communicates effectively through regular detailed reports about case developments and recommendations, and assesses and manages risk on venue, jury dynamics, and trial proceedings throughout the case
- National Trial Counsel Ryan has extensive experience on the firm’s National Trial Counsel specialty team, and he represents clients across the country in the riskiest cases to minimize indemnification exposure and potential damages by aggressively defending clients in cases such as birth trauma, catastrophic injury, brain injury, and neonatal and pediatric claims
- He also represents clients in batch claims and class action cases throughout the country
- Clients often engage Ryan to conduct internal investigations and pre-suit evaluations, and he counsels clients on their own effective risk management policies and practices
- Presentations •A Simulated Dental Malpractice Trial: as Real as it Gets Without Being in Court Rocky Mountain Dental Convention
- January 19, 2024 •Public Quality Data 101: Understanding Institutional Aging Annual Long Term Care Insurance ExecuSummit
- September 12, 2023 •Taking Back the Defense National Pediatric Risk Managers Meeting
- March 2, 2023 •Simulated Malpractice Mock Trial: COVID-19 Lawsuit 2020 ADA FDC Virtual Connect Conference, October 2020 •A Simulated Dental Practice Court Case Presented Live - Oral Cancer Misdiagnosis Rocky Mountain Dental Convention, January 2018 •Can Your Dental Team Help Defend You in a Malpractice Lawsuit?
- American Dental Association Meeting, October 2017 •Informed Consent: Why, Where and How to Make it Work American Dental Association Meeting, October 2017 •Dental Mock Trial Southwest Dental Conference, September 2017 •Rising Tide of Civil Litigation: Defense of Dentists & Battling Expert Testimony Georgia Dental Association’s Annual Meeting at Amelia Island, July 2017 •A Simulated Dental Malpractice Trial Presentation California Dental Association, May 2017 •Discover the Lost Tribes: Physician Malpractice Panel Panel discussion, Crittenden Medical Insurance Conference in Miami, FL, April 2017 •A Simulated Dental Malpractice Trial Presentation Annual Hinman Dental Meeting at the Georgia World Congress Center and Omni Hotel, March 2017 •A Simulated Dental Malpractice Trial Presentation American Dental Association Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, October 2016 •CNA Dental Professional Liability Risk Management seminar, October 2016 •Ethics, Jurisprudence and Dentistry Georgia Regents University, March 2016 •A Simulated Dental Malpractice Trial Presentation American Dental Association’s 156th ADA Annual Session, November 11, 2015 •Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants: Liability Issues and Scope of Practice Invited Speaker, American Conference Institute •Elopement and Related Issues Invited Speaker, Grand Rounds, Flushing Hospital Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics •Documentation and Disclosure of Protected Pediatric Patient Information Invited Speaker, Grand Rounds, Flushing Hospital Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics •Rising Malpractice Trends in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Invited Speaker, Grand Rounds, New York Medical College, Depatrment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery •Defensive Practice Techniques by Healthcare Workers Invited Speaker, City University of New York Department of Health Sciences •Step-by-Step Approach to Defending Malpractice Actions and Relate Healthcare Issues Invited Speaker, City University of New York Department of Health Sciences •Successful Approach to Mediation and Alternative Dispute Resolution Invited Speaker, City University of New York Department of Health Sciences •Legal Perspective: Maintaining Ethics and Other Aspects of Your Practice American Psychological Association (APA) Conference, August 2021 Publications •Qualified Settlement Fund: An often overlooked and underutilized tool to ensure final resolution and client protection from third-party lien holders HBS Catastrophic Injury Litigation Blog
- July 19, 2021 •ACOG Provides Guidance To Healthcare Practitioners Whose Patients Are “At-Risk” For Coronavirus Disease-2019 HBS Coronavirus Litigation Blog
- March 20, 2020 •The Impact Of The National Opioid Epidemic On Obstetric, Maternal-Fetal, Neonatal & Pediatrc Medicine HBS Opioid Task Force Blog, April 2018 •Demystifying the Office of Professional Discipline and its Investigative Process Martin Clearwater & Bell Defense Practice Update, October 2014 •Defending a Lack of Informed Consent Claim in Mini-Dental Implant Surgery Medical Liability Mutual Insurance Company Dental Dateline, Fall 2011 •The Responsibilities of the General Dentist to Screen Patients for Oral Cancers Martin Clearwater & Bell LLP Bulletin, Summer 2011 In the Press Qualified Settlement Fund: An often overlooked and underutilized tool to ensure final resolution and client protection from third-party lien holders July 19, 2021 Written by: Ryan M. Donihue, Esq. Defense attorneys in medical malpractice or catastrophic injury cases often overlook and do not utilize the important and available tool of a Qualified Settlement Fund in order to ensure full protection for a client when there is a third-party lien holder, and the Plaintiff is threatening to walk away
Practice Areas Explained
Ryan M. Donihue's Areas of Practice
Each practice area below reflects the types of cases Ryan M. Donihue handles, with a brief overview of what that area of law covers.
Medical Malpractice
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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Class Action
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Product Liability
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Jurisdictional Context
Why local counsel matters in Georgia
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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Where is Ryan M. Donihue's law office located?
Ryan M. Donihue's law practice is located in Atlanta, Georgia. The firm is Hall Booth Smith, P.C.. You can contact the office directly through this profile page.
What practice areas does Ryan M. Donihue handle?
Ryan M. Donihue focuses on medical malpractice, class action, product liability. Each practice area listed reflects experience handling cases of that type in Georgia.
Where did Ryan M. Donihue go to law school?
Ryan M. Donihue earned their education at (J.D., 2000); (B.A., 1997).
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Practice Areas
Education
J.D.
New York Law School
- 2000
B.A.
University of Puget Sound
- 1997
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