Herwig & Humphreys

Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) is a process to help people resolve disputes without a lawsuit or trial. ADR is less formal, less expensive, and less time-consuming and less stressful than a trial. The most common form of ADR is mediation. In mediation, an impartial person called a "mediator" helps the parties try to reach a mutually acceptabl... e resolution of the dispute. The mediator does not decide the dispute but helps the parties communicate so they can try to settle the dispute themselves. Mediation leaves control of the outcome with the parties Jeffrey C. Herwig was appointed a member of the Maryland Workers Compensation Commission in 2006 by Governor Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr. He graduated from Loyola College in Maryland summa cum laude in 1978 and earned his J.D. from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1981. After clerking for Judge James A. Perrott in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, he joined Smith, Somerville and Case where he became a partner in 1989. He founded Herwig & Humphreys, LLC, in 1991 with the late Robert L. Humphreys, Jr., and served as managing partner until his appointment to the Commission. Throughout his 38 years in legal practice, Commissioner Herwig has concentrated in the defense of workers compensation claims in Maryland, the District of Columbia, and in the Federal Longshore and Harbor Workers Compensation System. He has been chair of the Maryland State Bar Associations Negligence and Workers Compensation Section, Chair of the Joint Task Force for Injured Workers Rehabilitation, President of the District of Columbia Association of Insurance Compensation Attorneys, Teaching Elder in his church and board member of various civic organizations. Commissioner Herwig is co-author of the Maryland Workers Compensation Handbook (4th Ed. Michie Pub. 2012), author of articles on insurance and vocational rehabilitation issues, and a frequent lecturer on Maryland and District of Columbia workers compensation law, vocational rehabilitation, Social Security disability and related ...Read More