Cheryl D. Hamer
Position:
Partner
Office:
Washington D.C.
Practice Areas:
Law School:
Lincoln Universiy Law School
Admitted:
States of California, New Mexico (Inactive) and District of Columbia; U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Central Districts of California, District of New Mexico, District of Columbia; U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second, Third, Fourth, Seventh, Ninth, Tenth and Eleventh Circuits; U.S. Supreme Court
Cheryl D. Hamer joined Pomerantz in January 2003, and became a partner in January 2007. She is the resident partner in the Firm's Washington, DC office.
Ms. Hamer is a 1973 graduate of Columbia University and a 1983 graduate of Lincoln University Law School. She studied tax law at Golden Gate University and holds a Certificate in Journalism from New York University.
As a member of the Firm's Institutional Investor Practice Group, Ms. Hamer has been involved in a number of cases, including In re American Italian Pasta Co. Sec. Litig. (W.D. Mo. Filed Aug. 12, 2005) and In re Symbol Technologies, inc. Sec. Litig. (E.D.N.Y. filed August 16, 2005). Ms. Hamer has long experience working with Public and Taft-Hartley pension and welfare funds and works exclusively with institutions on behalf of the Firm.
Before joining Pomerantz, Ms. Hamer served as counsel to nationally known securities class action law firms focusing on plaintiff securities fraud litigation and class actions. In private practice for over 20 years, she has litigated, at both the state and federal levels, Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations, Continuing Criminal Enterprise, death penalty and civil rights cases and grand jury representation. She has authored numerous criminal writs and appeals.
She was an Adjunct Professor at American University, Washington College of Law from 2010 - 2011 and served as a pro bono attorney for the Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project. She was an Adjunct Professor at Pace University, Dyson College of Arts and Sciences, Criminal Justice Program and The Graduate School of Public Administration from 1996 to 1998. She has served on numerous non-profit boards of directors including Shelter From the Storm, the Native American Preparatory School and the Southern California Coalition on Battered Women for which she received a community service award.
Ms. Hamer is a member of the Litigation and Individual Rights and Responsibilities Sections of the American Bar Association, the Corporation, Finance & Securities Law and Criminal Law and Individual Rights Sections of the District of Columbia Bar, the Litigation and International Law Sections of the California State Bar, and the National Association of Public Pension Attorneys (NAPPA) and represents the Firm as a member of the Council of Institutional Investors (CII), the National Association of State Treasurers (NAST), the National Conference on Public Employees Retirement Systems (NCPERS), the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans (IFEBP), the State Association of County Retirement Systems (SACRS) and the California Association of Public Retirement Systems (CALAPRS).
