Ayesha Krishnan Hamilton, Esq.

Passionate, Tenacious, Ready To Tackle Any Challenge

When clients first meet with Ayesha Hamilton, they find a warm welcome and the assurance that she will provide passionate, tenacious counsel to help them resolve their problems. She takes the time to discover the details of each case and to understand her client’s needs, guiding them to a positive, solution-oriented outcome, in a way that is cost-effective, efficient, and fair.

Ayesha provides in-house counsel services to businesses and for employment related matters across all industries. With 21 years of experience practicing law, her clients value her guidance and seasoned handling of all manner of business transactions and employment matters. She spent years representing employees and employers in various disputes, and now uses her insights to help both companies and individuals when the need arises.  Ayesha understands that litigation is not always the best solution for companies or individuals.  Her experience in business and employment law enables her to develop creative and cost-effective solutions to help her clients reach their objectives.  Ayesha protects her clients from external attacks.

Ayesha has spent much of her career representing employees in their claims for wrongful termination, discrimination, and harassment in the workplace.  She is a passionate advocate for employee rights and is well versed in the arguments that employers use to justify their decisions.   

Ayesha and her team handle all of the legal work for each of her clients. She gives each client her full attention without delegating the critical judgement and experience which is key to a positive outcome. Because her clients know that they have the benefit of that judgement and experience, they can confidently turn their attention back to the important non-legal aspects of their business. Tapping into her legal knowledge and years of experience, Ayesha ensures that her clients receive the best protection possible in each case.

Ayesha Hamilton, Esq. is an attorney licensed to practice law in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania. She founded her law practice over 17 years ago and focuses on employment law. The team at the Hamilton Law Firm team provides knowledgeable, compassionate and professional legal services to their individual and business clients from their offices located in Princeton, New Jersey.

In addition to her law practice, Ayesha serves as a trustee for the NJ State Bar Association and is the vice chair of the NJ State Bar Association’s Women in the Profession Section. She also serves on the Diversity Committee and the Committee on Racial Equity in the Law for the NJSBA and is the co-chair of the Mercer County Bar Association’s Civil Practice Committee. In addition, she serves on the employment law committee of the New Jersey Association of Justice and is also a member of the National Employment Lawyers Association-NJ and South Asian Bar Association-NJ. In 2020, she was appointed to serve on the State Bar’s Judicial and Prosecutorial Appointments Committee (JPAC) vetting judicial and prosecutor candidates for the NJ Governor’s office. Ayesha also serves on the NJSBA Commission on the Future of the Legal Profession and chairs the Panel examining non-lawyer ownership of law practices. As the 2021 NJSBA Solo/Small Firm Attorney of the Year, Ayesha is a vocal advocate for solo/small firm practitioners and their businesses in our profession. She and her firm are the recipients of the 2022 South Asian Bar Association-NJ Small Firm of the Year Award.