Bruce A. Hamilton

Partner
bhamilton@tcdg.com
Telephone: (919) 873-0166
Facsimile: (919) 873-1814

Area of Practice:
Workers' Compensation

Bruce graduated from Tulane University in 1983 with a Bachelor of Science degree and received his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1986.

Prior to joining the firm in 1991, Bruce practiced law in Boston, Massachusetts with the firm of Burns and Levinson, where his practice consisted primarily of civil defense litigation, with an emphasis on product and premises liability. With our firm, he has continued his practice in the field of civil litigation, and has also developed a special expertise in the field of workers' compensation. Bruce, a partner since 1995, has lectured about workers' compensation law at the North Carolina Bar Association's Workers' Compensation Seminars annually from 1997 through 2009. He has also been a member of the faculty and speaker at continuing legal education programs produced by the North Carolina Association of Self-Insurers, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, Wake Forest University, North Carolina Institute of Government, and Lorman Institute, as well as at the 2007 seminar entitled "Professionalism for Workers' Compensation Attorneys" jointly sponsored by the North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys and North Carolina Association of Trial Attorneys. In addition, Bruce has lectured at each of the North Carolina Industrial Commission's Annual Educational Conferences from 2001 through 2009, was a council member of the Workers' Compensation Section of the North Carolina Bar Association from 2001 through 2004, has been listed in the 2001 through 2012 editions of The Best Lawyers in America, and was selected by his peers to be included in the North Carolina Edition of Super Lawyers from 2006 through 2012.

Bruce is a member of the North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys, North Carolina State Bar, North Carolina Bar Association, and Wake County Bar Association. He is a fellow in the College of Workers' Compensation Attorneys, and served as member of the Negotiations Team for the 2011 Workers' Compensation Reform Bill (House Bill 709). Bruce is admitted to practice before all State and Federal courts in North Carolina.