Amy Baughman is a Partner in Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP's Cleveland office. She is a member of the firm’s Healthcare, Tort and Catastrophic Loss, and Professional Liability/E&O Practice Sections. She is also part of the interdisciplinary teams Aging Services & Long-Term Care and Medical Malpractice.

Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Baughman’s practice focused largely on representing long-term care facilities in matters related to patients’ rights to pursue Medicaid benefits. She has argued at more than 500 administrative appeal hearings before the Ohio Bureau of State Hearings and has presented Medicaid appeals before eight of Ohio’s 12 appellate district courts. In addition, she has represented nursing home clients in Illinois and Maryland federal courts on various due process-related issues.

Ms. Baughman also has litigation experience defending clients in professional liability, medical malpractice and premises liability matters. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in theater performance from Seton Hill College and a law degree from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, where she was a member of the Mock Trial Team and an Ohio Regional Semi-Finalist in 2003.

Ohio

Supreme Court of the United States

U.S. District Court, District of Maryland

U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois

U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio

U.S. District Court, Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals

U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana

• “Judicial overreach or constitutional right: Ohio case spotlights judicial power versus regulatory power,” FMG BlogLine
• “Ohio’s new R.C. 2307.241 clarifies parties to be named in professional liability lawsuits,” FMG BlogLine

• Argued and received favorable appellate decisions in:
  • Grissom (Tiggs) v. ODJFS, 2020 Ohio 1608 (Ohio Ct. App. 2020)
  • Fowler v. ODJFS, 2019 Ohio 1238 (Ohio Ct. App. 2019)
  • Shell v. ODJFS, 2024 Ohio 160 (Ohio Ct. App. 2024)

• Briefed and received favorable appellate decisions in:
  • Kinsey v. ODJFS, unreported, Logan County Court of Common Pleas
  • Sexton (Wease) v. ODJFS, unreported, Stark County Court of Common Pleas
  • Cowan v. ODJFS, unreported, Butler County Court of Common Pleas
  • Swails v. ODJFS, unreported, Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas
  • Chamberlain (Cowan) v. ODJFS, unreported, Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas
• Brenda Malone, Admr. of the Estate of Winifred Malone, Deceased v. Foundations Health, LLC, et al., Cuyahoga C.P. No. CV 24-997068:
  • Defense verdict for skilled nursing and rehabilitation facility clients on medical negligence, violation of Ohio’s Nursing Home Bill of Rights, and wrongful death claims relating to care and treatment provided at Defendants’ skilled nursing and rehabilitation facility in Marietta, Ohio.

• Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys (OACTA)
• Ohio State Bar Association
• Defense Research Institute (DRI)