Faculty Profile: Doug Hamill

Doug Hamill focuses his practice on employment law, representing victims of discrimination, retaliation, and harassment. He has successfully tried employment cases to juries in both federal and state courts, including obtaining punitive damages awards for his clients.  Doug has practiced in the field of employment law since 2004.

Doug is a native of Mississippi, but he has lived in Chattanooga since 2003. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from King College in Bristol, Tennessee in 1999 and his law degree from the University of Tennessee in 2003. In law school, Doug was a member of the Tennessee Law Review, which published his article, "The Fifty Dollar Fines Clause Re-Emerges After Thirty-Five Years of Slumber" 70 Tenn. L. Rev. 887 (2003). After law school, Doug served as a judicial clerk for the Chancery Court of Hamilton County for one year.

Doug is admitted to practice in all courts in Tennessee, as well as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Middle Districts of Tennessee. He has also litigated federal sector employment cases before the EEOC, the MSPB, and the DOL.  Doug is currently chair of the Tennessee Bar Association’s Labor & Employment Law Section.  Doug is also a member of the National Employment Lawyers Association, the Tennessee Employment Lawyers Association, the Federal Bar Association, the Tennessee Bar Association, and the Chattanooga Bar Association.

Doug spends most of his free time with his wife, Julie, and his six children (four boys and two girls). He is also active in his church and Boy Scouts.