Amy’s practice is devoted to representing management in all phases of employment-related disputes and litigation. She has defended claims under Title VII, Section 1981, the ADA, ADEA, FMLA, and USERRA, in addition to representing clients in administrative proceedings before the EEOC and DOL/VETS. She has also represented multiple colleges and universities in Title IX and Section 1983 suits. She previously worked as corporate counsel and employment law advisor to a firm client, where she advised on personnel policies and practices.
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 serves as a reservist in the Army JAG Corps, Alabama Army National Guard. She has 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), and Command Judge Advocate at 62nd Troop Command (October 2022 – present).
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.
