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Gibbs Hammer, Principal |
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Amberley
G. Hammer is a trial lawyer in our firm focusing her law practice
on personal injury and medical negligence. She is recognized
by the National Trial Lawyers Association for Top 40 lawyers
under 40. She is listed by Best Lawyers in America in the fields
of Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice and Product Liability
Litigation. In addition, Super Lawyers Magazine has listed her
as a Top Virginia Lawyer in the fields of personal injury and
medical malpractice. Mrs. Hammer has obtained successful verdicts
and confidential settlements for infants, children and adults
who have been injured by medical negligence, defective products
and automobile accidents. Her success has earned her a membership
in the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, a forum for trial lawyers
who have earned verdicts in excess of one million dollars.
Mrs.
Hammer has a passion for helping children. She has a special
interest in representing children who have suffered a brain
injury during or after birth. She is one of the few lawyers
in Virginia committed to helping the families of babies with
birth injuries or cerebral palsy seek assistance from the Virginia
Birth Injury Program for financial support, which includes nursing
and medical care. In addition, she seeks justice for parents
who have experienced the death of child resulting from medical
negligence.
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Mrs.
Hammer has vast experience in representing the injured against
corporations and insurance companies. This experience includes
seeking recovery for plaintiffs who have suffered brain injuries
and other neurological injuries that are the result of defective
products and hazardous conditions. Mrs. Hammer believes no injury
should go unrecognized that is the result of negligence.
As a native
to Virginia, Mrs. Hammer has spent much of her life in the Tidewater
area. In 1995, she earned her B.A. in English, cum laude, from
Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. She earned her
law degree from Syracuse University College of Law in 1998.
After graduating law school, she was selected to serve as a
federal law clerk in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court from 1998 to
1999. She was admitted to the Virginia Bar in 1998. Early in
her career, she served as the Chair of the Young Lawyers Section
for the Norfolk-Portsmouth Bar Association. In addition to practicing
in state courts throughout Virginia, Mrs. Hammer is admitted
to practice law in the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals,
4th Circuit and the U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western
Districts of Virginia. She has served on several committees
for the Virginia
Trial Lawyers Association. She was a Guest Faculty for the
Marshall-Wythe
School of Law, College of William & Mary. Mrs. Hammer
has worked on several community projects throughout her career,
which includes the receipt of a Commendation of Distinction
Certificate by the Norfolk School Board for assisting middle
school students in the Mock Trial Program.
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