Alyssa Baskam

Alyssa Baskam is a principal attorney in Beasley Allen’s Atlanta office. Alyssa became a trial lawyer so she could help people through unimaginable hardship. She represents catastrophically injured individuals and families of individuals who were killed through the negligence of others. Alyssa’s practice focuses primarily on litigation involving defective products, particularly automobiles and workplace machinery, trucking litigation, and other cases involving catastrophic injury or wrongful death. 

Before joining Beasley Allen in 2019, Alyssa represented individuals and families in product liability suits, trucking suits, liability suits, and other cases stemming from individual negligence. She has also represented victims of rape and sexual assault. Alyssa served as an interim clerk for the Honorable Steve Jones in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia in 2014-15. Alyssa is licensed to practice law in Georgia and South Carolina and the U.S. District Court for the Middle and Northern Districts of Georgia. 

Alyssa is licensed to practice law in Georgia and South Carolina and the U.S. District Court for the Middle and Northern Districts of Georgia.

Alyssa grew up in Cumming, Georgia, where she attended South Forsyth High School.  She now lives in Atlanta, where she enjoys playing tennis, cooking, and painting. She is also an avid hiker, a board member of drawchange and volunteers for the Atlanta Community Food Bank and Shepherd Center. 

Education

Alyssa attended the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, earning a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies. She was a public service scholar, inducted into Phi Beta Kappa, and graduated in 2011 with honors. She earned her law degree from Emory Law School, graduating with honors in 2014.

While at Emory, she was a member of the Emory Moot Court Society executive board and a national qualifier at the Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Competition. She was also an executive member of the Emory Public Interest Committee.

Licenses

• South Carolina (2014)
• Georgia (2015)

Admissions

• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia (2015)
• Court of Appeals for the State of Georgia (2015)
• Supreme Court of Georgia (2018)
• U.S. District Court, Middle District of Georgia (2019)

Education

• Emory Law School (J.D., with honors, 2014)
• University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (BA, with honors, 2011)

Notable Cases

Alyssa has helped hold numerous automakers responsible for their vehicles’ negligent or wanton design, including securing over $500 million in verdicts and settlements. She helped secure more than $45 million in settlements in a 2021 product liability case involving a defective lift kit that left a young child paralyzed. She helped secure more than $200 million in settlements in 2023 alone, including three 8-figure settlements and fourteen 7-figure settlements.