Bio

Ted Lavender is a partner in the Atlanta office, where he focuses his practice on defending medical malpractice cases. He represents physicians, hospitals, nurses, psychologists, nursing homes, dentists, pharmacists, chiropractors, and all other types of ancillary medical care providers. He also represents ERISA healthcare plans, their fiduciaries, and plan participants in healthcare reimbursement disputes and litigation. He represents medical providers before professional licensing boards. He also defends §1983 civil rights matters, as well as other complex general liability claims. Mr. Lavender is pleased to occasionally be able to represent patients around the country in hospital billing disputes at no charge to patients. For each of the past twelve years (2008-2019), Mr. Lavender has been named a Super Lawyer in the area of Medical Malpractice Defense by Super Lawyer and Atlanta Magazine. He is an “AV” Rated attorney by Martindale-Hubbell. Mr. Lavender practices in all trial and appellate courts in Georgia. He is admitted to practice before: U.S. Supreme Court; 11th Circuit Court of Appeals; Federal District Court for the Northern District of Georgia; Federal District Court for the Middle District of Georgia; Federal District Court for the Southern District of Georgia; Federal District Court for the Southern District of Texas; Federal District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin, Federal District Court for the Northern District of Florida; Georgia Supreme Court, Georgia Court of Appeals, and all Georgia trial courts. He volunteers in the Georgia Supreme Court’s Transition Into Law mentoring program. In his spare time, he enjoys travel, college football, jogging, and reading.