Emily H. Hammel is an attorney at Brenlove & Fuller, LLC, having joined the firm in May of 2022. She practices estate and trust planning, where she has become skilled at drafting comprehensive estate plans that meet clients’ goals and needs.

Prior to joining Brenlove & Fuller, LLC, Mrs. Hammel worked at a small school and municipal law firm where she represented local school districts in special education due process hearings and advised on several student services matters including truancy and student discipline. She also spent a number of years working for the Allegheny County Office of Conflict Counsel where she represented hundreds of abused and neglected children as guardian ad litem. In addition to advocating for clients in court hearings, Mrs. Hammel frequently drafted pleadings, motions and briefs and attended various Children, Youth and Family meetings, school meetings and maintained ongoing contact with mental health and relevant service providers related to a juvenile client’s case.

While in law school, Mrs. Hammel served as a Conflict Resolution Fellow and was a Legal Writing Teacher’s Assistant.

• University of Pittsburgh School of Law (J.D.) – Member, Journal of Technology Law & Policy; Community Service Award recipient

• Gettysburg College (B.A. with Honors in Psychology – Magna Cum Laude)

   

• Allegheny County Bar Association

• Pennsylvania Bar Association

• Courts of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

• United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit