Katy Beth Crowe

Before joining Hall Booth Smith, Katy Beth gained valuable legal experience through a series of externships and clerkships. She served as a legal extern for both The University of Alabama System Office of Counsel, where she worked on matters involving data privacy, employment, and athletics, and for Shipt, where she focused on commercial law and collaborated with teams across the country on compliance and risk management projects. She also interned for Chief Judge L. Scott Coogler of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, drafting judicial opinions and observing federal proceedings in areas such as healthcare fraud and sentencing.

During law school, Katy Beth also served as a summer associate at Hall Booth Smith and at another Birmingham law firm, where she gained hands-on experience in civil litigation, including healthcare and medical malpractice cases.

Katy Beth earned her Juris Doctor, cum laude, from The University of Alabama School of Law, where she served as Managing Editor of the Law & Psychology Review and held multiple leadership positions, including President of the Bench & Bar Honor Society, President of the Council of Presidents, and Treasurer of the Student Bar Association.

She also graduated summa cum laude from The University of Alabama, earning a Bachelor of Arts in art history and political science. As an undergraduate, she served as attorney general for the Student Government Association, president of Zeta Tau Alpha, and was recognized with multiple honors for leadership and service, including most outstanding panhellenic president and most outstanding honor society president.

Publications

•Real or Reel: #LawTok and the New Idea of the Legal Profession
Law & Psychology Review, Volume 48, 2024

In the Press

Defending the Informed Consent Claim: A Practical Guide for Medical Malpractice Defense Counsel

April 14, 2026

In a recent article published by the Daily Report, Erin Lyon and Katy Beth Crowe offered a practical guide to defending lack-of-informed-consent claims in medical malpractice cases.