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Hayley R. Wells
Alcoholic Beverage and Employment Attorney

Hayley R. Wells

Ward and Smith, P.A. Personal Injury

Raleigh, NC

16+ Years Experience
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About Hayley

Hayley’s practice primarily focuses on alcoholic beverage law, labor and employment law, and civil litigation. As head of the firm’s Alcoholic Beverage law Practice Group, she regularly advises brewery and other craft alcoholic beverage clients in various aspects of the law, including permitting, negotiation, preparation and termination of distribution agreements, defense of ALE enforcement actions, labeling compliance, interpretative guidance, music licensing, liability waivers, festival questions, and personnel matters. Hayley also regularly advises individual and corporate clients in...

Education

J.D.

The University of Georgia School of Law

M.B.A.

The University of Georgia, Terry College of Business

B.A.

The University of Georgia

Awards & Recognition

Best Lawyer

2026

Best Lawyer

2025

Legal Elite

Employment · 2025

Legal Elite

Employment · 2024

Legal Elite

Employment · 2023

Professional Associations

28th Judicial BarAsheville Area Chamber of Commerce (Leadership Asheville Alumnus, Class XXVIII)Asheville Helpmate (member, board of directors)Brewers Association Associate MemberBuncombe County Bar, Executive CommitteeColorado Bar AssociationFederal Bar Association-Western District of North Carolina Chapter (member)Harry C. Martin American Inn of CourtNorth Carolina Association of Women AttorneysNorth Carolina Bar Association-Sections: Labor & Employment Law; Litigation CLE Committee Co-ChairPink Boots SocietySociety for Human Resource ManagementWestern North Carolina Human Resource Association

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