Paul A. Herman received his Bachelor of Science degree in Journalism from the University of Maryland wherein he was a member of the National Honor Society. He received his Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Miami School of Law in 1983. Mr. Herman is an active member of The Florida and the Washington D.C. Bar Associations, the United States District Court of Florida (Northern, Middle and Southern Districts), United States District Court of Florida Trial Bar (Southern District). Additionally, he is admitted to practice in front of the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit and the United States Supreme Court. Further, Mr. Herman is a member of the American Bar Association, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America and the National Association of Consumer Advocates (NACA). Mr. Herman was rated AV (the highest rating) by Martindale-Hubbell and is a member of both the American and International MENSA Societies. Mr. Herman has held a Board Certification in Florida Workers’ Compensation Law beginning in 1991 and was an equity partner in a large state workers’ comp insurance defense firm. The Florida Bar for continuing legal education as well as the Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education have also certified him as an instructor. Mr. Herman has previously been a frequent guest and sponsor of the Community News and Review radio program for WINX 940 – Miami (also heard on iHeart Radio), was a guest columnist for the Palm Beach Post on consumer affairs, and has appeared in the South Florida Business Journal, the South Florida Sun Sentinel, WPTV (NBC affiliate) – West Palm Beach and WPEC-TV (CBS affiliate) – WPB, as a consumer advocate and expert on debt and credit issues. He is also formerly a member of the Miami Sports and Exhibition Authority which helped bring professional basketball, baseball, hockey as well as the start of the Orange Bowl Basketball Classic back to South Florida. Mr. Herman has also been a guest lecturer on numerous topics from among others: The Longshore Institute, The Loyola Univ. (New Orleans) School of Law Annual Longshore Act Conference, The Florida Bar Workers’ Compensation Section, The Annual Claims Manager’s Conference sponsored by WCCP, The Florida Workers’ Compensation Institute’s (FWCI) annual conference and for The Florida Bar Association continuing legal education. Mr. Herman has been a Florida Circuit Court Certified Mediator since 2005 and works primarily as a mediator on state and federal Workers Compensation cases (focusing on the Longshore Act cases including Defense Base Act (DBA) claims, as well as civil matters including foreclosure, personal injury, contract disputes, landlord/ tenant and consumer law cases. He is also a certified Arbitrator for both binding and non-binding arbitration cases. And he is a frequent lecturer for Effective Mediation Consultants Advance Mediation seminars. Mr. Herman also maintains his own practice concentrating on Consumer Law under the Fair Credit Reporting and Fair Debt Collection Practices Acts representing individual consumers for debt and credit reporting issues and was a member of the National Association of Consumer Advocates (NACA) and the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) and a member of the Association of South Florida Mediators & Arbitrators (ASFMA). He has also served as a lobbyist in the City of North Miami Beach. Finally, Mr. Herman is a former collegiate football and lacrosse player and has coached lacrosse on the high school level having his three adult children all follow in his lacrosse footsteps. ADMISSION State / Court District Of Columbia Florida Florida Southern District Bankruptcy Court U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida U.S. Supreme Court