About Michael Hammond

Mike founded the firm in 1991 as a way to have more time to play golf. To date, it has not improved his score but, he remains hopeful. In 2016, the firm celebrated 25 years of “Throwing One Starfish Back Each Day” Before beginning Hammond Neal Moore, Mike served as an associate at Benjamin, Yocum, and Heather handling civil trial work. When not working, Mike likes to spend time with his two children Ben and Kelsey and his two grandsons, Jaxon born in 2010 and Lucas born in 2019. Jax is a pool lover so free time is spent grilling out, swimming and watching YouTube videos ! Ben is a graduate of The Ohio State University with a degree in Business Management. He is the General Manager of the Nordstrom restaurant in Columbus, Ohio. Kelsey works at the firm as a paralegal handling healthcare cases. She is the artistic one in the family and for Christmas of 2010 presented Mike with a beautiful drawing of Jax which adorns his office.

Mike likes to travel for both business and pleasure. He has traveled internationally to Toronto, Manila, Rome, Munich, Geneva, Paris, and London. He also travels a lot domestically primarily to meet with clients. He frequently meets with clients in Charlotte, New Jersey, New York, Tampa, Austin, San Francisco, Ft. Lauderdale, and Washington D.C. Mike regularly conducts training seminars and internal audits for businesses. He especially enjoys Q & A presentations to groups of computer consultants or healthcare workers.

Mike’s practice focuses on representing corporations in the IT and healthcare sectors. He is the primary contributor to the firm’s Views on Business Immigration blog. He is a regular speaker at industry conferences hosted by TechServe Alliance and Staffing Industry Analysts. He has been named to the International Who’sWho of Corporate Immigration Lawyers since 2008.