Georgia Truck Accident Lawyer Directory: Macon - Personal Injury Law in Georgia

Macon, the seat of Bibb County, sits at the geographic center of Georgia where Interstate 16 meets Interstate 75, with I-475 bypassing the city to the west. That central position makes it one of the state’s busiest trucking crossroads: nearly all interstate tractor-trailer traffic between the Midwest and Florida passes through Macon on I-75 and I-475, and most intermodal container freight between the Port of Savannah and metro Atlanta moves through downtown Macon on I-16. GDOT crash data has flagged Highway 247 as one of Bibb County’s deadliest roads. Truck cases differ from ordinary car wrecks: they are governed by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations, can involve multiple liable parties, and turn on evidence like driver logs, vehicle data, and maintenance records that must be preserved quickly.

Anyone considering a truck accident claim in Georgia should be aware of one fixed legal deadline. Under O.C.G.A. § 9-3-33, most personal injury actions, including those arising from truck accidents, must be filed within two years of the date of injury, and missing that window generally bars the claim. A separate four-year deadline applies to property damage claims, and shorter notice rules apply when a government vehicle or entity is involved. Georgia also follows a modified comparative negligence rule, under which an injured person’s recovery is reduced by their share of fault and barred entirely if they are 50 percent or more at fault.

The directory below lists five Macon firms that handle truck accident cases, each verified from a dedicated truck accident page on the firm’s own official website. It is organized for comparison rather than ranking, so the entries focus on practice areas, attorney background, office locations, and founding history rather than promotional claims.

1. Gautreaux Law, LLC

Address: 778 Mulberry Street, Macon, GA 31201
Phone: (478) 238-9758
Attorney: Jarome Gautreaux (founder; teaches Advanced Torts at Mercer University School of Law)
Focus: Truck and tractor-trailer accidents, broader personal injury, wrongful death
Fee structure: Contingency-fee basis
Web: https://gautreauxlawfirm.com/personal-injury-cases/truck-accident-attorney-macon/

Gautreaux Law is a Macon personal injury practice on Mulberry Street with a dedicated Macon truck accident page on its site, serving Macon, Warner Robins, and the rest of Georgia. The page sets out commercial-trucking detail, including rollover, jackknife, brake-failure, runaway, blind-spot, rear-end, and underride crash types, and identifies multiple potentially liable parties (driver, trucking company, vehicle manufacturer, cargo loader), noting the firm is well-versed in federal and state truck safety laws.

The practice handles truck and tractor-trailer crashes alongside broader personal injury and wrongful death on a contingency-fee basis. The firm states it has recovered millions in truck accident settlements and verdicts, and founder Jarome Gautreaux teaches Advanced Torts at Mercer; those references are firm-reported and have not been independently confirmed against court records.

2. Prine Law Group

Address: 740 Mulberry Street, Macon, GA 31201
Phone: (478) 257-6333
Attorney: Joseph R. Prine Jr. (founder)
Focus: Truck and 18-wheeler accidents, broader personal injury, criminal defense, workers’ compensation
Fee structure: Contingency-fee basis
Web: https://www.prinelaw.com/personal-injury/truck-accidents/

Prine Law Group is a Macon practice on Mulberry Street, within walking distance of the Bibb County Courthouse, with a dedicated truck accidents page on its site serving Bibb, Laurens, and nearby Middle Georgia counties. The page states that founder Joseph R. Prine Jr. has cross-examined truck-company safety directors in Bibb County courtrooms and that the firm has hired biomechanical engineers, medical economists, and vocational experts to build damage models in 18-wheeler cases, indicating a commercial-trucking focus.

The practice handles 18-wheeler and commercial-truck cases alongside broader personal injury, criminal defense, and workers’ compensation, with the founder emphasizing that clients work directly with him. Any references to past results are firm-reported and have not been independently confirmed against court records.

3. Reynolds, Horne & Survant

Address: 6320 Peake Road, Macon, GA 31210
Phone: (478) 405-0300
Attorneys: Founding attorneys W. Carl Reynolds, O. Wendell Horne III, and Bradley J. Survant, with a team including Kate Reynolds Kirbo and Marty K. Senn
Focus: Truck and tractor-trailer accidents, auto accidents, medical malpractice, products liability, wrongful death
Fee structure: Contingency-fee basis
Web: https://reynoldsinjurylaw.com/practice-area/truck-accidents/

Reynolds, Horne & Survant is a long-established Macon personal injury practice on Peake Road with a dedicated truck accidents page on its site. The page is unusually case-specific, describing actual matters the firm has handled, including a fatal jackknife caused by an improperly secured load of wooden trusses, where the office states it recovered a settlement from both the driver and the loading company, and a crash caused by a duct-taped brake line, alongside a detailed explanation of the FMCSA’s regulatory role, indicating a genuine commercial-trucking emphasis.

The practice handles truck and tractor-trailer crashes alongside auto accidents, medical malpractice, products liability, and wrongful death on a contingency-fee basis. The firm states it has practiced for more than 30 years and that founder Carl Reynolds was named Georgia Trial Lawyer of the Year in 1999, with the office reporting over 500 million dollars in verdicts and settlements; those references are firm-reported and have not been independently confirmed against court records.

4. The Brodie Law Group

Address: 4580 Sheraton Drive, Macon, GA 31210 (just off I-75 at Exit 171)
Phone: (478) 239-2780
Focus: Truck and tractor-trailer accidents, car and motorcycle accidents, catastrophic injury
Fee structure: Contingency-fee basis
Web: https://brodielawgroup.com/personal-injury/macon/truck-accidents/

The Brodie Law Group is a Macon practice on Sheraton Drive, off I-75 at Exit 171, with a dedicated Macon truck accidents page on its site and a separate tractor-trailer sub-page. The page sets out commercial-trucking detail, including the local interstate danger zones on I-75, I-16, and I-475, that Georgia State Patrol is usually the investigating agency in tractor-trailer crashes, and that commercial policies are typically much higher than ordinary car insurance, indicating a genuine commercial-trucking emphasis.

The practice handles truck and tractor-trailer crashes alongside car and motorcycle accidents and catastrophic injury, emphasizing fast evidence preservation and a litigation-focused approach. Any references to past results are firm-reported and have not been independently confirmed against court records.

5. Adams, Jordan & Herrington, P.C.

Address: 915 Hill Park, Macon, GA 31201
Multiple offices: Macon, Milledgeville, and Albany
Phone: (478) 207-7317
Attorneys: Virgil Adams (more than 40 years in Middle Georgia personal injury and wrongful death), Caroline W. Herrington (partner since 2013; concentrates on tractor-trailer crashes), and Ashley Pitts (federal regulatory analysis in truck cases)
Focus: Truck and tractor-trailer accidents, car accidents, medical malpractice, wrongful death, catastrophic injury
Fee structure: Contingency-fee basis, free consultation
Web: https://www.adamsjordan.com/personal-injury/truck-accidents/

Adams, Jordan & Herrington is a Macon personal injury practice on Hill Park with a dedicated truck accidents page on its site, and additional offices in Milledgeville and Albany. The page sets out commercial-trucking detail, including the multiple parties a truck case can involve (driver, carrier, freight broker, maintenance contractor, cargo shipper), the role of FMCSA hours-of-service and maintenance rules, and Georgia’s direct-action statute under O.C.G.A. § 40-2-140(d)(4) that lets a plaintiff name the carrier’s insurer as a defendant, indicating a genuine commercial-trucking emphasis. Attorney Ashley Pitts is described as handling the federal regulatory analysis, from hours-of-service compliance to maintenance-record review.

The practice handles truck and tractor-trailer crashes alongside car accidents, medical malpractice, and wrongful death on a contingency-fee basis. The firm states its attorneys bring more than 150 years of combined courtroom experience and have recovered more than 100 million dollars for clients, and it lists specific trucking results including an 890,000 dollar speeding-truck jury verdict and several seven-figure wrongful death recoveries; those figures are firm-reported and have not been independently confirmed against court records.

After a Truck Accident in Macon: Practical Notes

Truck accident claims differ from ordinary car wrecks in two ways that make timing critical. First, the two-year filing deadline under O.C.G.A. § 9-3-33 still applies, but trucking evidence disappears faster: driver logs, electronic control module and telematics data, maintenance records, and dash-cam footage can be overwritten or lawfully discarded within weeks or months unless a preservation letter is sent. Second, multiple parties may share liability, including the driver, the motor carrier, a broker, a cargo loader, or a maintenance contractor, and federal rules under the FMCSA govern much of the evidence. Macon’s position at the I-75 and I-16 interchange means many crashes involve interstate freight haulers and Georgia State Patrol investigations.

Georgia uses a modified comparative negligence rule, which means an injured person’s recovery can be reduced by their share of fault and is barred entirely if they are found 50 percent or more responsible. Commercial trucks generally carry far higher insurance limits than passenger vehicles, which can make trucking claims more heavily contested. Georgia’s 2025 tort reform law (Senate Bill 68) also changed how certain evidence, such as seatbelt use, and how medical-expense and non-economic-damage arguments are presented at trial, which can affect how a truck accident case is valued.

When comparing the firms above, useful points of distinction include whether the office shows genuine commercial-trucking depth (FMCSA rules, driver-log and ECM evidence, motor-carrier liability) versus a general injury practice, the size of the attorney team, and the firm’s experience in the Bibb County courts. None of the entries here is endorsed or ranked; the list is a verified starting point for an injured Macon resident’s own research.

Note: This list is not a ranking and makes no “best” claim. It is drawn from the same set of established Macon personal injury firms used in the companion personal injury directory; all five of those firms maintain a dedicated truck accident page on their own official website and are listed here. Many more attorneys handle truck accident cases in Macon. The five firms above are verified records, each confirmed from a dedicated truck accident page on the firm’s own official website (the Web link for each entry points to that truck accident page, not just the home page). Where a firm operates multiple offices, that is noted. Firm-reported results have not been independently confirmed against court records. Accident statistics are from the Georgia Department of Transportation and firm-cited local data. This directory is general information about Georgia law and individual firms, not legal advice, and it does not create an attorney-client relationship; the legal points summarized here reflect general Georgia law as of the date below and can change or be affected by recent reforms, so an injured person should confirm how current law applies to their own situation with a licensed Georgia attorney. Data current as of June 6, 2026.