About Valerie M. Hein
Valerie M. Hein Hunter earned a Bachelor of Arts in political science and American government from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She entered the legal field through a sequence of early roles that put her inside courtrooms and community legal services. Those formative positions shaped a practice grounded in practical courtroom work and local legal aid.
Her early legal work included a law clerk position at The Cochran Firm in 2010 and a judicial internship with Mecklenburg County in 2011. She spent time volunteering at Legal Aid of North Carolina in 2012. That same year she joined a private practice as a partner at Hunter & Hein, Lawyers at Law, PLLC. The move to partnership came quickly, and she balanced private practice responsibilities with public-interest experience in the community.
In 2019 Hunter took on a partnership role at Emblem Legal. One year later she founded The Hein Law Office. Founding her own firm marked a transition to independent practice and local leadership. Throughout these years she maintained ties to civic and business groups. She co-founded the Highland Creek Business Association in 2013 and has served as its vice president since that time. Nationally, she has been a member of The National Trial Lawyers Association, listed among its Top 100 Trial Lawyers category, since 2014.
Those affiliations reflect work both inside and outside the courtroom. Her résumé shows work at established plaintiffs’ and defense-oriented environments, public-interest volunteering, and private firm leadership. Colleagues and clients see a lawyer who has moved through multiple roles: clerk, intern, volunteer, partner, then founder. The path reveals steady involvement in her regional legal community and in local business networks.
Hunter maintains an office in Concord, North Carolina, where she operates The Hein Law Office. She practices in the family law arena and handles matters from her Concord office. Her current practice centers on family law matters.
