RALEIGH — Kenneth B. Hammer has joined Campbell Law School as a visiting professor for the 2025-26 academic year, Dean J. Rich Leonard has announced.
Hammer, who has been an adjunct professor at Campbell Law for 15 years and has also taught as an adjunct at the University of North Carolina law school, will teach 1L Contracts Law and Copyright Law. He has been named Campbell Law Adjunct Professor of the Year three times.
Hammer retired earlier this year from his position as Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer of Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, a leader in retail store technologies in more than 40 countries.
Hammer began his legal career in 1984 with the IBM Corp. He held a variety of positions including Vice President and Associate General Counsel responsible for IBM’s Personal Computer Division. When IBM sold its PC business to Chinese tech company Lenovo in 2006, Hammer joined Lenovo as its Deputy General Counsel and its first lawyer outside of China.
Hammer was selected to membership in the American Law Institute (ALI) in 2009, has served as president of the local chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel and also served as the chair of the North Carolina Bar Association (NCBA)’s Strategic Planning Committee and chair of the NCBA Mentoring Committee.
Hammer has been recognized as a leader among corporate counsel by the North Carolina Lawyer’s Weekly, Business North Carolina Magazine and the Triangle Business Journal.
Hammer earned his law degree from Georgetown University Law Center in 1984 and a bachelor’s degree in economics from Hofstra University in 1981.
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