As chair of the firm’s commercial litigation group, Amy represents companies and individuals as both plaintiffs and defendants in complex commercial litigation including contract and real estate disputes, shareholder/member and internal business disputes, and business torts including civil fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, tortious interference, conversion and negligence cases. She frequently assists companies and their directors, officers, shareholders and members in governance, partner disputes and business divorce.
Amy serves as lead litigation and trial counsel in high-stakes business litigation locally and throughout the United States. She has tried cases to jury verdict in both state and federal court, and served as lead trial counsel in several bench trials and arbitrations. Amy’s trials have involved partnership disputes, veil piercing, commercial lease, premises liability and contract/quasi contract cases. She has briefed and argued winning appeals in the Missouri Court of Appeals and Missouri Supreme Court.
Amy’s clients span all industries and sizes, and include publicly traded companies, closely-held businesses and business owners. She advises clients to prevent and minimize litigation yet, where necessary, Amy draws on her experience in all stages of litigation to provide practical and value-driven advice to help her clients solve their most difficult legal problems.
