Christopher S Hamer

Christopher S Hamer, a native of Birmingham, Alabama, provides expert legal counsel across a wide array of litigation areas, including probate and estate matters, civil litigation, arbitration, and business transactions. His practice also encompasses estate administration, estate and trust litigation, guardianships, conservatorships, and taxation.

Christopher has earned recognition from Birmingham Magazine, making its Top Attorneys list for Probate Law from 2017 to 2020 and for Tax Law in 2017. He has also been named to the Mid-South's Rising Stars by Super Lawyers for Estate & Trust Litigation from 2018 to 2021. Additionally, Expertise.com has included him as one of the 18 Best Birmingham Litigation Attorneys from 2017 to 2021 and among the 16 Best Birmingham Probate Attorneys from 2020 to 2021.

Currently, Christopher serves as the Chair-Elect of the Probate Section of the Birmingham Bar Association and is a board member of the Birmingham School of Law Foundation.

His educational background is robust, having received a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Commerce & Business Administration, focusing on Small Company Management, from the University of Alabama in 2005. He furthered his education with a Juris Doctor (J.D.) from the Birmingham School of Law, graduating with honors in 2010, and later obtained a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Taxation from the University of Alabama School of Law, graduating cum laude in 2013 with a concentration in Business Tax.

Christopher is admitted to practice in Alabama state courts, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, and the U.S. Tax Court.

Residing in Birmingham with his wife, Beth, and their three daughters, Christopher is an active member of Canterbury United Methodist Church in Mountain Brook, where he has contributed to the board of the Child Development Center.