Statton Hammock serves as General Counsel for Verra. He provides legal advice and guidance to Verra, managing its legal risks and ensuring its compliance with all pertinent laws and regulations. He also oversees contract negotiation, corporate governance, and intellectual property protection.

Previously Statton served as the Associate General Counsel at Catona Climate, a carbon project finance company. Statton is passionate about efforts to address climate change and helps companies pursue a path to sustainability and carbon neutrality. Statton has extensive knowledge and experience with carbon markets, carbon credit transactions and project investment in nature-based carbon sequestration projects. Statton received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Government & Politics from the University of Virginia, holds a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Maine School of Law and has a graduate certificate in Sustainability Studies from UCLA’s Institute of the Environment & Sustainability. Statton is a Terra.do Climate Fellow, a Climate Ambassador for Climate Changemakers, and a Board Advisor to the Future Climate Collective.