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Holly Hammer

Founder & Managing Attorney — Hammer Law PLLC

As the owner and founder of Hammer Law, I started this firm because I want there to be trusted, reliable legal services available to those in the community where they will receive excellent legal services and have an attorney who truly cares.

— Holly Hammer, Founder

Holly Hammer - Founder, Hammer Law PLLC

Holly Hammer

Founder & Managing Attorney

A Career Built on Expertise and Commitment

A graduate of the University of Virginia and the Pepperdine University School of Law, Holly has been practicing law since 2003. Her career began at an AV-rated law firm in Los Angeles, where she practiced for several years. In 2011, Holly relocated to the East Coast and chose Raleigh, North Carolina, because of its potential for growth as well as the particularly strong start-up, technology, and life science industries that exist in the Triangle.

Since moving to Raleigh, she has worked as in-house counsel at Tekelec and was involved in the acquisition of Tekelec by Oracle in 2013. She joined Hutchison PLLC in 2013, a well-known corporate law firm, and became the leader of the employment law practice at the firm.

In 2018, after catching the entrepreneurial spirit, Holly decided to start her own firm, Hammer Law PLLC, which focuses exclusively on employment law and has become a premier employment law boutique in the area.

Hammer Law focuses on employment and business law and works with a wide range of clients in a variety of industries. Holly's goal is to help businesses and executives proactively manage employment law matters while ensuring they protect their businesses and professional reputations, minimize risk, and get the best results possible.

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Details & Accolades

Business NC Legal Elite Business NC Legal Elite 2020 Business NC Legal Elite 2022 NC Pro Bono 2018

Education

B.A.

University of Virginia, 1999

J.D.

Pepperdine University School of Law, 2003

Coaching Certification

NC State Poole College of Management, 2017

Bar Admissions

California 2003
District of Columbia 2007
North Carolina 2011

Associations

  • North Carolina Bar Association
  • Wake County Bar Association
  • Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM)
  • Raleigh Metro Society for Human Resource Management (RMSHRM)
  • Triangle Women in STEM (TriWiSTEM)

Professional Activities and Awards

2000 – Present

Co-Chair, Labor and Employment Law Group Pro-Bono Committee for the North Carolina Bar Association

2018 – 2019

Board of Directors, Healing Transitions

2017

Board of Directors, Raleigh Metro SHRM

2016-2018

Government Affairs Director, Raleigh Metro SHRM

2018

Recipient of North Carolina Pro Bono Honor Award

2019-2020

Business North Carolina "Legal Elite" Employment Attorney

Speaking Engagements and Publications

October 2020

Featured Speaker, Eating Crow, a podcast for leaders and entrepreneurs

February 2020

North Carolina Bar Association Labor and Employment CLE, Developments and Trends in Pay Equity

2020

Raleigh Metro SHRM, Ask the Attorney COVID-19 Webinar Series

September 2019

CAI Compensation and Benefits Conference, What to Do About Pay Equity

November 2018

CAI Employment Conference, Intersecting Leave Laws – Managing the Interplay Between FMLA, ADA and NC Workers' Compensation

April 2016

Raleigh Metro SHRM, Preparing for Proposed Changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act

2017-2018

Regularly prepared Quarterly Employment Law and Legislative Updates for Raleigh Metro SHRM Chapter, accessible at https://www.rwhrma.org/page/QuarterlyUpdates

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