Paul M. Anderson, Esquire

Tallahassee Workers’ Compensation Attorney

Paul Anderson is the senior partner in Anderson & Hart, P.A., where he practices in the areas of workers' compensation, personal injury, and wrongful death.

Education

• B.A., Florida State University (1979)
• Juris Doctor with Honors, Florida State University College of Law (1987)

Trial Experience

Paul is admitted to practice in all Florida courts and in the United States District Courts for the Northern and Middle Districts of Florida. Paul has been a board certified workers' compensation attorney since 1998. He has tried more than two hundred-fifty workers' compensation and personal injury cases and served as counsel on approximately thirty cases at the appellate court level.

Professional Service

Paul is a member of the Workers' Compensation and Trial Law Sections of the Florida Bar, the Florida Justice Association (FJA), the Florida Workers' Advocates (FWA), the Capital City Justice Association, the Tallahassee Bar Association, the Southern Trial Lawyers Association, and is a Senior Fellow of The Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers.

Paul is the only Florida attorney to serve as President of the Florida Justice Association, President of the Florida Workers' Advocates, and Chair of the Workers' Compensation Section of the Florida Bar. He continues to serve on the FWA Board of Directors, as legislative chair for the Workers' Compensation Section of the Florida Bar and on the three-member Florida Bar Workers' Compensation Board Certification Appeals Committee. Paul also serves on the Board of Directors of the Florida Association for Insurance Reform (FAIR). He previously served on the Workers' Compensation Board Certification and Rules Advisory Committees.

Lectures & Seminars

Paul has served as a guest lecturer at the Florida State University College of Law. He regularly lectures at the Conference of the Judges of Compensation Claims, the WCRI Annual Convention, the Florida Bar Workers' Compensation Forum, the Florida Workers' Advocates Annual Convention and the Florida Justice Association Annual and Workhorse Conventions.

Awards

Paul has received numerous legal awards in his career, including the FJA Presidents Award, the FWA Lifetime Achievement Award, the FJA Golden Eagle Award, the FWA David H. Levine Outstanding Leadership Award, the FJA Staff Award, and the Workers’ Compensation Section’s Frierson/Colling Professionalism Award.