Lawyer Overview

Amy was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. She lived with her grandparents in Kansas City, Kansas for a portion of her high school years and later decided to make Kansas City her permanent home.

Amy has been practicing labor and employment law for nearly a decade. Prior to representing employees exclusively, she worked in the employment litigation and policy group for one of the largest defense firms in Kansas City where she represented both corporate and government employers. Amy has experience in employment-related litigation and disputes with both public and private employers, including wage and hour law (FLSA), racial discrimination, sex discrimination, sexual harassment, age discrimination, disability discrimination, and whistleblower/retaliation issues, as well as with disputes arising out of executive contracts. She has played a central role in guiding clients through internal investigations and the administrative charge process of the EEOC and other agencies, and contributed to the favorable resolution of numerous employment disputes.

While in law school, Amy worked as Assistant to Mayor Emanuel Cleaver for Constituent Affairs. After graduating, she served as a law clerk to the Honorable Fernando J. Gaitan, Jr., United States District Court - Western District of Missouri. Amy is a frequent speaker on a variety of topics concerning litigation and employment law issues. Currently, she is a Legal Services Volunteer with the Neighborhood Justice Center, St. Therese Little Flower. She also is the Editor in Chief of The Fair Labor Standards Act, 2008 Cumulative Supplement, ABA Section of Labor & Employment Law (BNA Books).

Areas of Practice

• Labor and Employment Law

West Practice Categories

Employment Law -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employer, Labor Law

Bar Admissions

• Kansas, 2001
• Missouri, 2000
• U.S. District Court Western District of Missouri
• U.S. District Court District of Kansas
• U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Missouri Bar Association
• Kansas Bar Association
• Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
• National Employment Law Association
• National Employment Law Association, Kansas City

Honors and Awards

• Missouri Bar Award for Ethics and Professionalism
• Vice Chancellor's Award for Outstanding Leadership and Academic Achievement
• Graduate of the Missouri Bar's Leadership Academy
• Dean’s Achievement Award (Highest Grade): Property II; Contracts I & II; Civil Procedure II; Jurisprudence; Remedies

Classes and Seminars

• Fair Labor Standards Act
• Investigating Employee Misconduct
• Employee Leave
• Anti-Harassment & Anti-Discrimination
• Employee Documentation & Discipline
• Avoiding Discrimination Lawsuits
• Effective Supervisor-Employee Communications Training
• Contracts in Public Employment
• Record Retention and Personnel Information Management
• Migration of Missouri Human Rights Act to State Court
• UMKC Legal Research and Writing Program, 1997 - 1998
• Supplemental Instructor for Contracts I, 1999

Education

• University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, Kansas City, Missouri, 1999
  J.D.
  Honors: With Distinction
  
  Law Review: University of Missouri at Kansas City Law School, Law Review
• University of Missouri-Kansas City, 1994
  B.A.
  Honors: With Distinction
  Major: Sociology
• University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, 1989

Published Works

• Editor-in-Chief, The Fair Labor Standards Act, 2008 Cumulative Supplement, ABA Section of Labor & Employment Law, BNA Books
• Contributing Editor, Kearns, The Fair Labor Standards Act, Second Edition, ABA Section of Labor & Employment Law, BNA Books
• The People Can Do No Wrong: An Examination of State and Eleventh Amendment Sovereign Immunity for Missouri's School Districts, 74 UMKC L. Rev. 885, 2006
• Student Discipline and the First Amendment in Cyberspace, MoASBO, Feb, 2006
• Flexible Academic Programs in Legal Education: Diversifying Our Law Schools by Creating Opportunities for Nontraditional Students, 67 UMKC L. Rev. 165, 1998
• Do Your Duty: Employers’ Affirmative Duty to Accommodate Employees in the Uniformed Services
• Editor/Reviewer, Missouri Evidence Deskbook, 2006
• Editor/Reviewer, Professor Nancy Levit's The Gender Line: Men, Women, and the Law, N.Y. Univ. Press, 1998

Address

4600 Madison Avenue
Suite 810
Kansas City, MO 64112

Phones

(816) 283-8738

Faxes

(816) 283-8739

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