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Jared Hammett Joins Firm as Experienced Child Abuse Defense Attorney

Just a few days from the return of legendary Howard Kurtz, Kurtz & Blum is welcoming the newest addition to their criminal defense team, Jared Hammett. Hammett is an experienced trial attorney who has ample experience in family matters, including defending individuals accused of child abuse. He brings with him more than a decade of relevant legal experience he plans to put to good use at Kurtz & Blum.

Attorney Jared Hammett is an experienced trial lawyer and negotiator. The local legal community knows him as a fierce advocate who provides his clients with skilled and compassionate legal representation. Whether he is acting as a family law attorney to a client who is struggling with divorcechild custody issues, or other stressful family law matters or as a child abuse attorney in Raleigh who is zealously protecting his client’s freedom.

He says, “I want to make people as comfortable as possible during turbulent times,” which means he makes sure clients understand the legal process they are involved in, as well as their rights. Clients can rest assured that Hammett is taking care of everything related to their case.

Jared Hammett has extensive courtroom experience, having tried hundreds of cases and appearing in at least 40 North Carolina county courthouses. He has successfully represented clients in Superior and District Courts, as well as in other forums. He is proud of the impressive results he has garnered for clients and is always focused on achieving the best outcome for his clients.

Hammett has more than a decade’s worth of legal experience in diverse practice areas. In addition to his extensive trial experience, Hammett is also a skilled negotiator. He has capably handled personal injury claims, business disputes, and general civil litigation. Whether in the courtroom or across the boardroom, Hammett fights zealously for his clients.

Hammett received his J.D. from the University of North Carolina School of Law and his B.A. in Political Science from North Carolina State University, graduating magna cum laude.

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Kurtz & Blum is a well-established law firm in Raleigh, North Carolina. It is made up of Raleigh criminal defense attorneys and family law attorneys who have more than 50 years of combined legal experience. Because the firm takes a collaborative approach to tackling the toughest cases, clients get the benefit of the whole team when they hire a single attorney from the firm.

The firm has been serving clients since 1998 in legal matters involving criminal defense, family law, and personal injury. For more than 20 years, the firm’s Raleigh criminal lawyers have zealously fought to uphold clients’ constitutional rights while providing honest advice and strategic legal representation.

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