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.

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.