Thomas W. Herman

Top rated Workers' Compensation attorney in Macon, Georgia

Westmoreland, Patterson, Moseley & Hinson, L.L.P.
Thomas W. Herman
Westmoreland, Patterson, Moseley & Hinson, L.L.P.

Practice areas: Workers' Compensation, Personal Injury; view more

Licensed in Georgia since: 1986

Education: Mercer University Walter F. George School of Law

Selected to Super Lawyers: 2009 - 2013, 2015 - 2026
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577 Mulberry Street
Suite 600
Macon, GA 31201 Visit website
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Thomas W. Herman has dedicated his career to representing the injured and the disabled, with an emphasis on handling workers' compensation claims. Recognized throughout Georgia as a leading advocate for injured workers, Mr. Herman strives to ensure that the rights of all Georgia workers are protected, and to see that those injured receive all the benefits afforded to them under the law. He has developed an expertise in high value catastrophic injury claims under the Georgia Workers' Compensation Act.

Admitted to the Georgia Bar in 1986, Mr. Herman has acquired extensive experience at all levels of litigation, both in personal injury cases and in workers' compensation claims. In each of these practice areas, he has tried a significant number of cases statewide and has made numerous appearances before the Georgia Court of Appeals and the Georgia Supreme Court, obtaining significant, reported appellate decisions favorable to his clients from both courts.

Mr. Herman is a partner at Westmoreland Patterson Moseley & Hinson L.L.P. in Macon, Georgia, and he has held leadership positions in many of the professional associations to which he belongs, including the Macon Bar Association, the State Bar of Georgia, the American Association for Justice, the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association and the American Bar Association. He is only one of eighteen lawyers in the State fo Georgia to be selected as a Fellow in College of Workers Compensation Lawyers.


Other Office Locations

Warner Robins Office
310 Margie Drive
Warner Robins, GA 31088

Albany Office
2410 Westgate Drive
Suite 101
Albany, GA 31707

Practice areas

Workers' Compensation: Claimant, Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff

Focus areas

Personal Injury - Plaintiff

  • 90% Workers' Compensation: Claimant
  • 10% Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff

First Admitted: 1986, Georgia

Professional Webpage: https://www.wpmhlegal.com/attorneys/thomas-w-herman/

Bar / Professional Activity

  • Appointed to Unlicensed Practice of Law Standing Committee, 2025
  • Selected as Chair of the Commission on Continuing Lawyer Competency, 2024
  • Selected to The Judicial Council/Administrative Office of the Courts' Board of Court Reporting, 2024
  • Reappointed to served a 3 year term on the Commission on Continuing Lawyer Competency (CCLC) of the State Bar of GA, 2023
  • Selected to serve on the Executive Committee of the Committee on Continuing Lawyer Competency (CCLC) of the State Bar of GA, 2023
  • Appointed to serve on Commission on Continuing Lawyer Competency (CCLC) of the State Bar of Ga. , 2020
  • President of Workers' Compensation Claimant's Lawyers Section of GTLA 2018 - 2020, 2018
  • President-Elect Workers' Compensation Claimant's Lawyers Organization of GTLA, 2016
  • Selected as a Fellow in the College of Workers' Compensation Lawyers, 2014
  • Secretary - Workers' Compensation Claimant's Lawyer Section of GTLA 2014 - 2016
  • Treasurer - Workers' Compensation Claimant's Lawyer Section of GTLA 2012 - 2014
  • Member, Executive Committee, State Bar of Georgia, Workers' Compensation Section, 1999 - 2004
  • Member, Workers' Compensation Claimant's Lawyers Executive Committee, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, 1999 - Present
  • Member, State Bar of Georgia, Workers' Compensation Section
  • Bottle Inn of Court
  • President, Macon Bar Association, 2005 - 2006
  • District Representative, State Bar of Georgia, Younger Lawyer Section, 1992 - 1996
  • American Association for Justice
  • Member, American Bar Association, Tort, Insurance Practice and Litigation Sections
  • Treasurer, Macon Bar Association, 2003 - 2004
  • Executive Committee, Macon Bar Association, 2002 - Present
  • Director, Executive Committee, State Bar of Georgia, Younger Lawyers Section, 1995 - 1996
  • Chair, State Bar of Georgia, Workers' Compensation Section, 2002 - 2003
  • Member, William Augustus Bootle Inn of Court
  • President-Elect, Macon Bar Association, 2004 - 2005
  • Board of Governors, State Bar of Georgia, 2004 - Present
  • Selected as Chair - Liaison Committee - Workers' Compensation Claimant's Lawyer's Section of GTLA 2012 to present
  • Admitted to the Bar - Georgia, 1986

Pro bono / Community Service

  • Selected as a Board Member for the Macon Tracks Running Club, 2014

Educational Background

  • University of Georgia, B.A., 1983
  • Georgia State University

Scholarly Lectures / Writings

  • Feb. 27, 2014 Advanced Workers' Compensation Seminar - Impeachment and the New Evidence Rules, Speaker, Atanta Bar Association - Workers' Compensation Section, 2014
  • March 27, 2014 - How to Present your (g) (6) Catastrophic Claim, Speaker, I.C.L.E. - Workers' Compensation for the General Practitioner, 2014
  • October 9, 2014 -Proving and Defending Intoxication Claims, 2014 Workers' Compensation Institute, 2014

Other Outstanding Achievements

  • Selected as a Fellow in the College of Workers' Compensation Lawyers, 2014

Honors

  • Phi Alpha Delta
  • Alpha Lambda Delta

Office location for Thomas W. Herman

577 Mulberry Street
Suite 600
Macon, GA 31201

Phone: 478-745-1651

Selections

17 Years Super Lawyers
  • Super Lawyers: 2009 - 2013, 2015 - 2026

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