Amy M. Smith

Member

For over thirty-five years, Amy Smith has practiced in litigation, concentrating on appellate, business, energy, first party insurance, and class action litigation. Ms. Smith has a broad range of experience at all levels in both state and federal courts. She is the leader of the firm’s Appellate Team.

Clerkships

  •  Law Clerk to The Honorable Leroy J. Contie, Jr. (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit)

Representative Experience

  • Appeared as counsel of record in several class actions and other complex cases in state and federal court involving energy, first party insurance, jail, and labor and employment litigation
  • Appeared as counsel of record in many state and federal cases involving energy, first party insurance, general, and labor and employment litigation
  • Appeared as counsel of record in numerous state and federal appeals involving jurisdictional, constitutional, statutory, and procedural issues of first impression

Achievements

  • The Best Lawyers in America®, Appellate Practice (2018-Present), Commercial Litigation (2020-Present)
  • The Order of the Coif; Blue Key and Mortar Board Honor Societies; magna cum laude, Indiana University Maurer School of Law
  • High Honors, Accounting; cum laude, Butler University

Memberships

  • American Bar Association
  • Fellow, West Virginia Bar Foundation
  • Board of Editors, Appellate Practice Journal; Energy and Litigation Sections, American Bar Association
  • Federal Bar Association
  • Harrison County Bar Association
  • West Virginia Bar Association

Speaking Engagements

  • “Expert Witness Discovery,” DTCWV Young Lawyers CLE Program (November 2024)
  • “Briefing Dispositive Motions and Appeals,” DTCWV Seminar, Litigation and Advocacy (April 2022)
  • “What is Jurisdictional after the Supreme Court’s Decision in Hamer v. Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago?” WVCLE Litigation Conference, Canaan Valley Resort (February 2018)
  • “2015 Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure,” West Virginia College of Law, Solo and Small Firm Conference (September 2015)

Publications

Licensed In

  • District of Columbia
  • Ohio
  • West Virginia

Education

  • J.D. Indiana University Maurer School of Law
  • B.S. Butler University

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