The Hemric Firm was established in 1948 by H. Clay Hemric who was reared in Yadkin County, North Carolina, educated at Mars Hill College and Wake Forest College School of Law. Mr. Hemric served as a claims adjuster for eight years with the Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, and because of that career experience, he was always able to understand what motivates claims adjusters for insurance companies. Over the next 50 years, he managed to train other members of his law firm in his techniques of obtaining the most satisfactory settlements for personal injury claims without undue need for litigation. However, he was consistently considered one of the best trial lawyers in Alamance County, and in fact was one of the founders of the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers in the early 1960's.
He concentrated his practice in personal injury and wrongful death. His career as an attorney lasted from 1938 through 1997, or 60 years in which he was fully active until the time of his death on February 9, 1997. His law practice in Burlington lasted 50 years, and he is still recalled fondly by hundreds of clients, friends and acquaintances.
