NC IOLTA trustee Anna Hamrick, a North Carolina Board-Certified Workers’ Compensation Specialist, has been recognized by Best Lawyers as the Asheville area’s 2026 Lawyer of the Year in her area of practice.
The Buncombe County (NC) Bar announced the honor on their website:
Grimes Teich Anderson LLP attorney Anna Hamrick is being recognized by Best Lawyers as the 2026 “Lawyer of the Year” for Workers’ Compensation Law – Claimants in Asheville. Anna, a partner at the firm, is a North Carolina Board-Certified Workers’ Compensation Specialist. Best Lawyers has previously recognized Anna as “Lawyer of the Year.” She has been listed in Best Lawyers editions since 2018.
From Best Lawyers: “Only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored as ‘Lawyer of the Year,’ making this a significant and coveted accolade. These lawyers are selected based on particularly impressive voting averages received during the peer review assessments. Receiving this designation reflects the high level of respect a lawyer has earned among other leading lawyers in the same communities and the same practice areas for their abilities, their professionalism and their integrity.”
Established for more than 40 years, Grimes Teich Anderson is a North Carolina & South Carolina personal injury firm with primary offices in Asheville and Greenville. The firm represents clients in personal injury, workers’ compensation, Social Security disability, wrongful death and other injury-related cases.
Hamrick joined the NC IOLTA Board of Trustees Sept. 1. She serves on the External Relations Committee, charged with working to enhance the profile of NC IOLTA and its grantees and maintaining relationships with stakeholder groups, including the legal community, banking partners and grant-making entities.
Learn more about the NC IOLTA Board of Trustees here.
