Hall Booth Smith, P.C.

Sales and customer service are the corner stones of a successful retail business. However, with ever smaller margins, loss prevention and managing risk can impact a business’s bottom line as much as poor sales or service. Because we understand the importance of risk management, the attorneys at Hall Booth Smith P.C. have made protecting your business one of our primary practice goals.

To that end, we believe that prevention is the key to reduced personal injury and workers' compensation claims. We assist our clients in the creation and the implementation of policies and procedures that make their businesses safe for their employees and customers. Likewise, we assist in loss prevention plans which help reduce loss of property as a result of damage or theft.

When litigation is unavoidable, we have extensive experience in litigating and trying retail liability cases. We have litigated and tried retail liability cases arising out of the following claim:

• Slip and Fall

• Trip and Fall

• False Imprisonment

• Malicious Persecution

• Falling Merchandise

• Bad Checks

• Alcohol Sales to Minor

• Products Liability

• Libel/Slander

• Negligent Construction

Our attorneys have extensive experience working with brokers, underwriters and claim professionals in the international insurance market, particularly with Lloyds of London. Our firm has handled many matters on behalf of various Syndicates at Lloyds, and our attorney's understand how this unique market works. We utilize these long-standing relationships to assist foreign insurers to managing their domestic litigation as well as assisting domestic clients to gain access to the Lloyds market.

We hope that you will consider our firm when you have retail liability issues.

Focus Areas

• Risk Management

• Loss Prevention

• Liability Defense

• Workers Compensation

• Alternative Dispute Resolution

• Legislative

• Regulatory Oversight

Since the firm’s inception, HBS has embraced the value of diversity, and we continue to cultivate an environment of inclusion and success for all individuals.  We are committed to a cohesive and productive work environment where our varied cultures, backgrounds, ethnicities, and perspectives are communicated, understood, and embraced to enrich our employees and best serve our clients.

Our Commitment
Our efforts to enhance our diverse environment are not restricted to minority employees.  Instead, we believe that everyone, regardless of his or her race, age, or gender, must be included in our diversity mission in order to ensure its success.   The firm’s Diversity Committee is comprised of partners and senior staff members who ensure our diversity mission is not just a sentiment but is also a part of the fabric of HBS.     

HBS actively participates in a variety of events and sponsorships geared towards highlighting the importance of diversity, and the firm continuously seeks opportunities to enhance our diversity program.  This includes involvement with organizations such as the Corporate Counsel for Women of Color and the Minority Corporate Counsel of America as well as our internal mentor/protégé program, in which our senior, female and minority attorneys reach out and mentor other women and minority attorneys and clients.