Peirce A. Hammond II is an attorney with Hammond Law Firm, LLC in New Orleans, Louisiana, where he has practiced for more than 30 years. He represents clients in personal injury cases, including spinal, brain and other catastrophic injuries, and in insurance disputes over commercial property, business interruption and homeowners claims. His work also covers automobile and transportation cases, premises liability, maritime claims under the Jones Act and general maritime law, offshore accidents and commercial litigation.
A New Orleans native, Hammond graduated from Tulane Law School in 1987 and spent the next three years as a prosecutor with the Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office, serving as senior trial attorney and head of its White Collar Crime Unit. He entered private practice in 1990, focusing at first on civil litigation involving insurance claims and coverage. He holds an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell.