Amanda R. Coolidge

Service Areas

Medical Malpractice
Workers’ Compensation
Long-Term Care Liability
Personal Injury
Insurance Coverage Disputes
General Civil Litigation

Profile

Ms. Coolidge focuses on civil litigation, practicing in the areas of medical malpractice and workers’ compensation. Ms. Coolidge regularly represents clients in the defense of personal injury and wrongful death claims, and defends employers in workers’ compensation claims. Ms. Coolidge also has experience in healthcare-related professional liability cases, including the defense of physicians, nurses, hospitals, long-term care and assisted living facilities. Ms. Coolidge's practice is not limited to litigation, as she also counsels clients on regulatory compliance, provides insurance coverage opinions, and effectuates settlements involving Medicare set-asides (MSAs).

Her unique background as a Trauma/Burn ICU nurse and an RN case manager assists her in defending against medical malpractice, workers’ compensation, and other personal injury claims, as well as healthcare-related professional liability cases.

Honors and Awards

• Selected as a Rising Star by SuperLawyers.com for 2020, 2021, and 2022. Patented by Super Lawyers, the selection process involves peer nominations, independent research, and peer evaluations. Selected through the same process as Super Lawyers, Rising Stars must be either 40 years old or younger or in practice for 10 years or less. No more than 2.5 percent of the attorneys in a state are named Rising Stars.
• Named to the Best Lawyers Ones-to-Watch list for 2022. Chosen by the same process used to determine inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America, attorneys added to the Ones-to-Watch list are young attorneys who are exhibiting outstanding professional excellence early in their careers. Ms. Coolidge is recognized in the area of workers’ compensation law (on behalf of employers).

Publications

• “The Basics:  Medicare’s Interests in Claims and Settlements,” Journal of the Alabama Defense Lawyers Association, Spring 2020.
• “Medicaid Expansion: A Call for Red State Pragmatism,” student comment selected for publication on the website of the Cumberland Law Review.

Presentations

• Filling in the Gaps Between Meaningful Use and Quality Improvement and Reporting, Alabama Quality Assurance Foundation, Spring 2013 meeting.

Professional Affiliations

• Alabama Bar Association
• Huntsville-Madison County Bar Association

Education

• J.D., magna cum laude, 2016, Cumberland School of Law, Samford University, Birmingham, AL
  Associate Editor, Cumberland Law Review (2015-2016)
  Member, Cumberland Trial Advocacy Board (2014-2015)
  Member, Judge James Edwin Horton Inn of Court (2015)
  Finalist, Donworth Moot Court Competition (2014)
• B.S., Nursing 2008, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

Bar Admissions

• Alabama, 2016

Court Admissions

• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama
• All Alabama Courts

Community Involvement

• Family Services of North Alabama
  • President of the Board, May 2021-present
  • Vice President of the Board, June 2017-May 2021
  • Member of Board of Directors, 2017-present

Other Experience

• RN Case Manager, Utilization Review Nurse, and Appeals Coordinator, Marshall Medical Centers, Boaz, AL (2010-2016).
• Registered Nurse, Trauma and Burn Intensive Care Unit, University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital, Birmingham, AL (2008-2013).