Anne-Marie was born in New York City but grew up primarily in Virginia. She is a graduate of Middlebury College, after which she served as a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer in Thailand. Anne-Marie then graduated cum laude from Vermont Law School, where she was a Notes Editor for the Vermont Law Review.
Anne-Marie's practice areas include Employment and Labor Law, Workers' Compensation Law, Legal Education for Clients, and Mediation and Arbitration.
She serves on the Board of Governors of the Maine State Bar Association as Vice-President and is a member of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court's Advisory Committee on Maine Rules of Evidence.
She currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the Bangor Humane Society, the Maine Discovery Museum, and the Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce. She is also a member of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court's Advisory Committee on Maine Rules of Evidence and the Board of Overseers of the Bar's Professional Ethics Commission. She has served as Chairperson of the Maine Middlebury Alumni Association and as a member of the Bangor Historic Preservation Commission.
She is a frequent speaker to human resource professionals and other groups on employment related topics, and regularly contributes articles to various business-related publications. She lives in Winterport with her husband, John Hamer, and their St. Bernard, Madeline.
Publications
· "Workers' Compensation: Benefits and Retirement," Maine Business & Employment Law, April, 1999
· "Punitive Damages," Maine Business & Employment Law, August, 1999
· "A Twist in Sexual Harassment Investigations?," Maine Business & Employment Law, October, 1999
· "The Fair Credit Reporting Act: Application to Employment Issues," Defense Research Institute, 1999
· "OSHA Update," The Employer's Quarterly, May, 2000
· "Workers' Compensation Update," The Employer's Quarterly, May, 2000
· (Co-Author) "Supervisor Liability," Maine Business & Employment Law, May, 2000
· "Immunity from Civil Suits by Employees?," The Employer's Quarterly, August, 2000
· (Co-Author) "NLRB Gives Non-Union Employees Representation Rights in Disciplinary Meetings," The Employer's Quarterly, November, 2000
· "Are There Legal Risks in Your Employee Assistance Programs?," Maine Business & Employment Law, January, 2001
· "Internal Investigations Included in Employee 'Personnel File', The Employer's Quarterly, February, 2001
· "The Flu and the FMLA," Maine Business & Employment Law, May, 2001
· "Workers' Compensation Bulletin," The Employer's Quarterly, August, 2001
· "Religious Discrimination in Employment," The Employer's Quarterly, November, 2001
· "Workers' Compensation Update," The Employer's Quarterly, November, 2001
· "Religious Discrimination in Employment," Maine Business & Employment Law, December, 2001
· "Faith in the Workplace," Maine Human Resources Convention, May, 2002
· "Is Performing Manual Tasks a Major Life Activity Entitled to ADA Protection?," The Employer's Quarterly, September, 2002; "The Direct Threat Defense under the ADA," The Employer's Quarterly, September, 2002
· "How Much FMLA Leave is Enough?", The Employer's Quarterly, September, 2002
· "Common Law Torts and the Workers' Compensation Act," The Employer's Quarterly, Winter, 2002
· "Appropriate Response to Complaint Absolves Employer of Sexual Harassment Liability," The Employer's Quarterly, December, 2002
· "Ways to Avoid Negligent Hiring Claims Revisited," Maine Business & Employment Law, April, 2003
· "Employment Law Essentials: Good Hiring Practices Reduce Legal Exposure," Maine Human Resources Convention, May, 2003
· "New Overtime Regulations?", Maine Business & Employment Law, May, 2003
· (Co-Author) "Recently Enacted Maine Legislation of Interest to Employers," The Employer's Quarterly, July, 2003
· "No Bad Faith Required for Employee to Prevail on Unpaid Vacation Pay Claim," The Employer's Quarterly, July, 2003
· "Discrimination Claims under the Maine Workers' Compensation Act," The Employer's Quarterly, February, 2004
· "Top Ten Mistakes Employers Make in the Hiring/Firing Process," Maine State Bar Association Business Law Institute, March, 2004
· "Managing the Perils of an Internal Investigation," Maine Human Resources Convention, May, 2004
· (Co-Author) "Wage and Hour Issues," The Employer's Quarterly, June, 2004
· (Co-Author) "Legal Year in Review: Labor and Employment Law," Maine State Bar Association, 2004
· (Co-Author) "More Best Practices, Avoid 3 More Deadly Sins," Maine Human Resources Convention, May, 2005
· "Workplace Violence," The Employer's Quarterly, February, 2005; "The Trouble with Nicknames," The Employer's Quarterly, September, 2005
· "Failure to Post Notice of Employee Rights May Preclude Defense of Claim," The Employer's Quarterly, September, 2005
· "Legal Year in Review: Labor and Employment Law," Maine State Bar Association, 2005
· "Law Court Clarifies Definition of Disability," Maine Business & Employment Law, April, 2006
· Genetic Information and Your Workforce," Maine Business & Employment Law, July, 2008
· "Do Your Employees Blog?" Maine Business & Employment Law, May, 2008
· "New FMLA Amendments Expand Leave Rights," Maine Business & Employment Law, February, 2008
· "Make Sense of Employment Law," CHAMBERNEWS, Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce, September, 2009
· "Make Sense of Employment Law," CHAMBERNEWS, Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce, August, 2009
· "Make Sense of Employment Law," CHAMBERNEWS, Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce, July, 2009