Amy’s practice is devoted to representing management in all phases of employment-related disputes and litigation, with a focus on USERRA litigation, defense of DOL/VETS and ESGR complaints, and advice and counsel related to the military workforce. In addition to her military-related practice, she routinely represents clients in Title VII, Section 1981, the ADA, ADEA, FMLA, and Title IX cases. She previously worked as corporate counsel and employment law advisor to a firm client, where she advised on personnel policies and practices. She currently serves as co-chair of the Firm’s Military Workforce Practice Group.
Amy clerked for the Honorable James H. Hancock, Senior United States District Judge and served as interim clerk to the Honorable Madeline Hughes Haikala. She later served as a judicial law clerk to the court for the Northern District of Alabama, reporting to Chief Judge Karon O. Bowdre.
In addition to her civilian law practice, Amy is a JAG Officer in the U.S. Army Reserve. She currently serves with the 11th Battalion 108th Regiment, as an instructor of Intermediate Level Education—Common Core, the Army’s formal education program for majors (October 2025-Present). Prior to transitioning to the U.S. Army Reserve, she was a member of the Alabama Army National Guard and held positions as Trial Counsel to the 62nd Troop Command, Montgomery, Alabama (2016–2018), Trial Counsel to the 167th Theater Sustainment Command, Fort McClellan, Alabama (2018–2020), Deputy of Administrative Law, Joint Force Headquarters, with a command advisory role at the Alabama Medical Detachment in Birmingham, Alabama (2020–2022); Command Judge Advocate at 62nd Troop Command (2022–2024); and Chief of Claims at the 167th Theater Sustainment Command, Fort McClellan, AL (2024-2025).
Amy graduated cum laude from the University of Alabama at Birmingham where she competed in NCAA Division I women’s tennis on an athletic scholarship. She received her Juris Doctorate from the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University and served as Associate Editor of the Cumberland Law Review and a Cordell Hull Teaching Fellow.