Hagood Advisors helps small businesses understand and implement HR and legal procedures that will maximize employee efficiencies and ensure your business complies with applicable rules and standards.
What We DO
Hagood Advisors will work as your HR partner to assess your business practices and keep you informed of changing employment laws and standards. Hagood Advisors can tailor their services to meet your needs, whether providing a one-time assessment of your current practices with recommendations for needed changes, or developing an ongoing consultation arrangement so you have someone to call when issues arise. Hagood Advisors’ goal is to help your small business reduce risk and improve employee performance, without the necessity of a full time HR department or legal counsel.
LEADERSHIP
Anne Marie Hagood - FOUNDER
Anne Marie Hagood has over 15 years of experience in the employment law field. She has represented large and small employers and insurance companies in legal cases involving worker’s compensation, discrimination, and termination claims. She has also assisted business owners with legal compliance issues including preparing employee handbooks, assisting with hiring and firing, wage and hour determinations, and improving employee efficiencies. In addition, Anne Marie and her husband operate their food business, Food for the Southern Soul, so she is well-versed in the ins and outs of small business ownership.
Anne Marie is also adept in the nonprofit arena, having served on numerous local nonprofit boards, including as Board President of the Dee Norton Lowcountry Children’s Center, Children’s Museum of the Lowcountry and Charleston Area Therapeutic Riding.
Originally from Sumter, South Carolina, Anne Marie graduated from Wake Forest University and received her J.D. degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law. She has resided in Charleston for the last 25 years where she lives with her husband Jimmy, daughter Catherine, and a puppy named Junebug.