Amy C. Baughman

Senior Counsel

Cleveland, OH
D 216.329.4872
amy.baughman@fmglaw.com

Education

  • Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, J.D., 2003
  • Seton Hill College, B.A., 1998
Overview

Amy Baughman is Senior Counsel at Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP and is located in the Cleveland office. Ms. Baughman is a member of the firm’s Healthcare, Tort and Catastrophic Loss, and Professional Liability/E&O 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.

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Bar Admissions

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

Publications & Engagements
Representative Cases & Clients
  • 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
Affiliations
  • Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys (OACTA)
  • Ohio State Bar Association
  • Defense Research Institute (DRI)