Wade Herring is a Partner in the Savannah office.  Representing businesses and management, Mr. Herring's practice focuses on all aspects of employment problems and issues, including internal employment practices, wage-hour issues, drug testing, sexual harassment, equal employment opportunity, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and employee benefits.

Mr. Herring is admitted to practice in the Georgia Supreme Court, the Georgia Court of Appeals, the United States Supreme Court, the United States Courts of Appeals for the 11th and 5th Circuits, and the United States District Courts for the Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Georgia. He is a Fellow of the American Bar Association and a Fellow of the Lawyers Foundation of Georgia.

Mr. Herring has published articles in the Georgia Defense Lawyers Association Journal, the Fulton County Daily Report, and Mercer Law Review. He is also a frequent speaker on employment law topics, bringing a sense of humor and practical solutions to audiences of business and human resources managers.

Mr. Herring is involved in many charitable and civic organizations. Mr. Herring is a past president of the Savannah Bar Association, a past president of the Savannah East Rotary and current chair of the Board of Trustees of Savannah Country Day School.  He previously served on the Chatham-Savannah Citizen Advocacy Board as Chair, Ways & Means, and remains involved on as-needed basis with the organization. Mr. Herring served a three-year term on the Dartmouth Alumni Council and as Dartmouth Class of 1980 Secretary for 15 years.  He is currently an at-large state representative on the University of Georgia Law School Alumni Association Council. 

Mr. Herring received his B.A., magna cum laude, from Dartmouth College in 1980 and his J.D., cum laude, from the University of Georgia in 1983. At Dartmouth, he was Phi Beta Kappa. He was a Woodruff Scholar and a member of the Order of the Coif at Georgia. Following law school, Mr. Herring clerked for two years, from 1983 to 1985, for The Honorable Dudley H. Bowen, Jr., Judge, United States District Court, Southern District of Georgia.

• Representative Engagements

  • Brown v. Gulfstream Aerospace Corp., 85 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. 1046 (S.D. Ga. 2001).  Eleventh Circuit affirmed dismissal of case after plaintiffs had voluntary requested dismissal to revisit administrative remedies with the EEOC, but EEOC declined to accept jurisdiction. When plaintiffs attempted to reopen case, district court agreed that Title VII race claims were barred by limitations period.
    
  • Caley v. Gulfstream Aero. Corp., 428 F.3d 1359 (11th Cir. 2005).
    
  • Counts v. American General Life and Accident Ins. Co., 111 F.3d 105 (11 Cir. 1997).  The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment for the defendant in this ERISA case involving the denial of long term disability benefits.
    
  • Finn v. Great Dane Trailers, Inc., 67 Empl. Prac. Dec. Section 43, 772 (S.D. Ga. Oct. 6, 1995).  Summary judgment for Defendant in this age and reverse discrimination case.
    
  • Keener v. Convergys Corp., 205 F. Supp. 2d 1374 (S.D. Ga. 2002), question certified to Georgia Supreme Court, 312 F.3d 1236 (11th Cir. 2002), certified question answered, 276 Ga. 808 (2003), aff'd in part and rev'd in part, 342 F.3d 1264 (11th Cir. 2003).
    
  • Richmond County Hosp. Auth. v. Richmond County, 255 Ga. 183 (1985).
    
  • Savage v. Jefferson-Pilot Life Ins. Co., 1991 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 16521 (S.D. Ga. Oct. 28, 1991).
    
  • Sayler Marine Corp. v. Dixie Metal Co., No. A89A2313, Court of Appeals of Georgia, 194 Ga. App. 853; 392 S.E.2d 45; 1990 Ga. App. LEXIS 344, March 13, 1990.  Decided Douglas M. Muller, Wade W. Herring II, for appellant.
    
  • Waters v. Kemp, 845 F.2d 260 (11th Cir. 1988).
    

• Publications

  • Water, Water Everywhere, Better Call the Corps: Section 404 Regulation of Wetlands
  • Defining and Preventing Sexual Harassment
  • Obesity and the ADA: Coverage for a Large Group

• Professional Affiliations and Awards

  • American Bar Association
    
  • Best Lawyers in America: (Labor and Employment Law) 2008, 2009 & 2010
    
  • Savannah Bar Association: President, 2004-2005; President Elect, 2003-2004; Executive Committee, 2000-2003
    
  • Society for Human Resource Management
    
  • State Bar of Georgia Association: Section of Labor and Employment Law; Investigative Panel, 2005-2009 panelist; Fellow, Lawyers Foundation of Georgia; Young Lawyers Section, Past Chair of Employers Duties and Problems Committee and Executive Council, 1991-1994
    
  • Super Lawyers: (Employment Litigation) 2005 - 2010