Rachel V. Hamar
TRUSTED ADVOCACY FOR INJURY AND DISABILITY CASES
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Rachel V. Hamar
Practice Areas
- Workers Compensation
- Personal Injury
Education
- University of Washington School of Law, Seattle, Washington
- J.D.
- Washington State University
- Honors: summa cum laude
- Honors: Wayne Stanford Scholar
- Major: Pre-Law & History
Bar Admissions
- Washington State Supreme Court
- U.S. District Court
Past Positions
- Washington State Association for Justice (WSAJ) Student Liaison
- WSAJ New Members Committee, Former Member
- WSAJ Public Relations Committee, Former Member
- Women of WSAJ Committee, Former Chair
- WSAJ Judicial Relations Committee, Former Member
- WSAJ Workers’ Compensation Section, Former Vice-Chair
Pro Bono Activities
- Washington State Association for Justice, Eagle Member
- WSAJ Workers’ Compensation Section – Chair
- WSAJ Legislative Steering Committee – Member
Published Works
- William D. Hochberg, Amie C. Peters, & Rachel V. Hamar, “A ‘Harry’ Situation: The Washington Supreme Court Addresses Occupational Hearing Loss”, Trial News, April 9, 2009
- Rachel V. Hamar, William D. Hochberg, "Attack on the Attending Physician", Trial News , April 2016
- Rachel V. Hamar, William D. Hochberg, "The Constitution, the Industrial Insurance Act, and the Washington State Association for Justice: A Proud Legacy and a Promising Future", Trial News, April 2017
- Rachel V. Hamar, "She Sits in Judgement", Trial News, December 2018
- Rachel V. Hamar, “Not-So-Structured Settlements & Payment Enforcement Penalties", Trial News, March 2021
- Rachel V. Hamar, “Fifty Years in Retrospect: Celebration of the Workers’ Compensation Reform Movement of the 1970’s”, Trial News, March 2022
Professional Associations
- Washington State Bar Association