Buzzell, Welsh & Hill

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  R. William Buzzell

  Mr. Buzzell has been practicing law since 1977, when he served as Assistant District Attorney for the Coweta Judicial District and at the Macon Judicial Court (1977-1978, 1978-1979). An AV rated attorney, Mr. Buzzell has nearly 35 years experience practicing in personal injury, wrongful death, workers compensation, products liability, and medical malpractice law. Mr. Buzzell is also a past President of the Macon Bar Association, an Emeritus member of the Bootle American Inn of Court, and a Fellow of the Lawyers Foundation of Georgia.

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  Stephen M. Welsh

  Mr. Welsh has been practicing law since 1994 and specializes in workers compensation, bodily injury, and civil litigation law. In 2011, he secured a $1.4 million verdict for a veteran truck driver in the Superior Court of Laurens County. He has previously served as the Mercer Law Review Writing Editor, the Co-Chair of the 2002 Georgia Workers Compensation Law Institute, and as a panelist, author, and speaker at the State Board of Workers Compensation Annual Education Seminar in 2015, 2016, 2008, and 1999. Mr. Welsh was also a host speaker at the 2018 and 2015 State Board of Workers Compensation Annual Regional Seminars. Mr. Welsh is currently an adjunct professor at the Mercer University School of Law, where he teaches the Workers’ Compensation class. He is an AV Rated attorney, holds several memberships, including with the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association and American Association for Justice, and has been listed by Best Lawyers© for over a decade. When not practicing law, Mr. Welsh enjoys playing golf and traveling.

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  Jed W. Hill

  Mr. Hill has been practicing law since 2005 and has been admitted to the Georgia Supreme Court, Georgia Court of Appeals, Georgia State and Superior Courts, and the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia. He specializes in personal injury, workers compensation, wrongful death, nursing home negligence, and social security disability law. Mr. Hill enjoys spending time with his wife and two daughters. He also enjoys hunting, fishing, jogging, hiking, and clay target shooting, and is an active member of Christ Episcopal Church in Macon, Georgia. Mr. Hill holds memberships in the Georgia Trial Lawyers’ Association and the American Association for Justice.

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