Herbert J Chestnut

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Herbert J Chestnut

Savannah, Georgia

40 years of experience

General, Maritime Injury, Work Injury,

Georgia

Biography

Se habla español.
Martindale Hubbell Peer-Reviewed - Highest possible rating
AV-Preeminent 1997- 2022
Celebrating 40 Years of Service
B.S. Political Science, Georgia Southern University, 1979
J.D. Mercer University, Walter F. George School of Law, 1982
Taggart & Drake, Associate 1982-1983
Taggart Mixson Granoff & Chestnut, Partner 1983
Jones Boykin & Associates, Associate 1983 -1989
Herndon Chestnut Rosenblum & Ashby. Partner 1989 -1991
Chestnut & Ashby, Partner 1992-1995
Herbert Chestnut & Associates, Senior & Managing Partner 1995-present.

At Herbert Chestnut & Associates, we have a combined 78 years of experience in helping clients successfully navigate through the complex legal process. We primarily assist injured workers from the State of Georgia, longshoremen, checkers, and deck and dockworkers at ports nationwide, and defense contractors injured overseas and in war zones worldwide. We also represent injured seamen with claims for Maintenence & Cure and Jones Act relief. We have a network of associated law firms which allows the firm to evaluate serious personal injuries, medical malpractice involving serious injury or death, personal injury claims involving motorcyclists, and those injured by tractor-trailers.

Our practice is not limited to the State of Georgia. As one of the few firms that handle cases involving all federal compensation programs, we are allowed to take claims arising from the ports of California to the battlefields of Iraq or Afghanistan under the Defense Base Act and War Hazards Act.

The firm takes great pride in offering one on one assistance, with each client having the opportunity to communicate openly and as often as is necessary for us to fully understand the intricacies of the client's claim. Only then can we effectively represent a client in any proceeding, by knowing the client, the facts, and the law.

Practice Areas

Workers' Compensation

Personal Injury

Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death

Maritime Law

Appeals & Appellate

Civil Appeals

Criminal Law

Criminal Appeals, Drug Crimes, Fraud, Gun Crimes, Internet Crimes, Sex Crimes, Theft, Violent Crimes

Collections

Construction Law

Construction Contracts, Construction Defects, Construction Liens, Construction Litigation

Probate

Probate Administration, Probate Litigation, Will Contests

Nursing Home Abuse

Social Security Disability

Real Estate Law

Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums, Easements, Eminent Domain, Homeowners Association, Mortgages, Residential Real Estate

Military Law

Veteran's Benefits

Fees

Free Consultation
Credit Cards Accepted
Contingent Fees

Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice

Defense Base Act, ID Number: Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Since 1982

Division of Longshore & Harbor Workers Compensation, Since 1982

Georgia, State Bar of Georgia, ID Number: 123826, Since 1982

U.S. Supreme Court, ID Number: United States Supreme Court, Since 1987

Languages

English : Spoken, Written

Spanish : Spoken, Written

Professional Associations

Consumer Business Review Recipient - Workers' Comp Attorney of the Year (1997 - 1999)

Cobb County Bar Association Member (1995 - 2013)

The Legal Network Recipient - Top Lawyers in Georgia (2014 - 2015)

American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys Recipient - Best Law Firms in Georgia (2017 - 2018)

State Bar of Georgia Member (1982 - Current)

Bar of the Supreme Court of the United State Member (1987 - 2022)

Savannah Bar Association Member (1982 - 2022)