03/17/2023

General Counsel

Judith Hammerschmidt

Judith Hammerschmidt serves as General Counsel to IME.

Hammerschmidt began her legal career at the US Department of Justice, serving as a Special Assistant to two attorneys general, with primary areas of responsibility being international matters including terrorism, narcotics trafficking, organized crime, and treaties; civil rights; judicial nominations and criminal matters. Thereafter she joined Dickstein, Shapiro & Morin where she was Of Counsel for seven years before becoming the Executive Vice President and International Chief Counsel of Herbalife International, living in Brussels and London.

She graduated from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law where she served as the Executive Editor of  Vol. 42  of the Law Review, and as a legal writing instructor. She received her A.B. from Duke University with a major in political science and public policy.

Judith can be reached at (202) 251-9825 or judy@ime.org.