We see things from our clients’ perspective. At our law firm, we develop innovative strategies focused on your goals and needs.

  • We strive to act as partners with our clients, not just for their most recent matters but with their overall business goals in mind.

  • We offer BIG firm quality and experience with small firm efficiency, service, and value.

  • We’ve been there, done that. And we’re committed to using our shared perspective to help clients define their goals wisely and chart an effective and efficient course to get there.

  • We keep our eyes on the ball. We don’t waste time and money on side issues.

Amy E. Davis

Board Certified in Labor & Employment Law

AAA Arbitrator: Commercial; Employment; and Consumer Panels

FINRA Non-Public Arbitrator

Amy E. Davis is a trial lawyer for businesses and professionals as well as an arbitrator and mediator. She is always ready to try a case, but is also adept at helping her clients stay out of lawsuits. While her practice primarily focuses on labor and employment law and commercial litigation, she also represents corporate clients in matters involving breach of contract, discrimination, retaliation and overtime classification, theft of trade secrets, professional malpractice, fiduciary duty, lending liability and other issues.

Ms. Davis has handled many high-profile legal disputes, including representing the plaintiff Leanne Siri, formerly the highest ranking female civilian executive with the Dallas Fire Rescue Department, in a sexual harassment claim against the City of Dallas.

Her legal successes encompass a broad scope of the law, from securities litigation – where she has both defended and prosecuted non-compete/trade secret cases and securities fraud cases – to product liability, where she helped to favorably resolve a half-billion-dollar products liability suit arising from a pipeline rupture.

Media representatives often seek Ms. Davis’ comments not just on her own cases, but also on a variety of legal issues of the day. Her comments on labor and employment disputes involving the NFL and NBA players were featured by the Dallas Business Journal and KDFW-TV FOX 4 News in Dallas.

In addition to multiple honors on the list of Texas Super Lawyers, Texas Rising Stars, Ms. Davis’ professional honors include selection to numerous best lawyers lists compiled by Texas Lawyer and D Magazine. She is a prolific author and speaker regarding online social networks and the challenges they present for companies.

 

Areas of Practice

  • Employment & Labor

  • Commercial Litigation

  • Securities Litigation

  • Consumer Protection Litigation

  • Product Liability

  • Trade Secret Litigation

  • Business Torts

Bar Admissions

  • State Bar of Texas, 1998

  • United States District Court for the Northern, Eastern, Southern and Western Districts of Texas

  • United States District Court for the District of Colorado

  • United States Second, Fifth and Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeal

  • United States Supreme Court

Education

  • Bachelor of Science Degree in Finance, summa cum laude, from Oklahoma City University, 1995

  • Juris Doctor Degree, University of Virginia School of Law, 1998

Awards & Recognitions

Publications & Presentation

  • Speaker, Building a More Inclusive Workplace, AAFES

  • Guest Lecturer, SMU Employment Law

  • Lead Author, Guide To Protecting and Litigating Trade Secrets, American Bar Association

  • Panelist, “Examination of the Latest Trends and Diversity Efforts,” State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting

  • Moderator, ABA Mortgage Servicer Settlement Webinar

  • Speaker, “Top Ten Ways to Get Disbarred Using Social Media,” DFW Chapter of National Employment Lawyers Association

  • Speaker, “You Can’t Say That on Facebook—Or Can You? Update on Social Media Policies After NLRB Guidance Memo of February 2012,” Cash America

  • Speaker, “SNS: r u ready?” North Texas Paralegal Association

  • Speaker, “SNS: Goldmine and Landmine,” National Association of Insurance Counsel

  • Speaker, “Social Media for Lawyers: r u ready?” Dallas Gay & Lesbian Bar Association

  • Panelist, Texas Lawyer’s Labor & Employment Roundtable

  • Co-Author, “The Hot Seat: Ethics When In-House Counsel Testifies,” Dallas Bar Associations, Headnotes

  • Panelist, “Networking Nightmares: How Internet Social & Professional Networks are Risky Business,” PLUS CLE

  • Panelist, Discussion of Business Development, DAYL Summer CLE Day

  • Author, “Considerations and Challenges for Firms and Attorneys,” For the Defense

  • Speaker, “How Internet Social and Professional Networks Are Risky Business for Employees and Employers,” Dallas Area Paralegal Association

  • Author, “A Young Lawyer’s Guide to the Viability of Arbitration,” ABA Section of Litigation Committee on Commercial & Business Litigation

  • Speaker, “Subprime Crises: Understanding Liability and Impact on Underwriting,” PLUS TCLE

  • Co-Author and Speaker, “Keeping It Real: Making White Collar Defendants Blue Collar Friendly,” ABA Center for Continuing CLE Teleseminar

  • Speaker, HRC Diversity Workshop on Gender Identity and Gender Expression, November 14, 2007

  • Chair, Moderator, and Panelist, Second Annual DAYL Diversity and Inclusion Forum

  • Speaker, “Adopting Strategies to Minimize Professional Liability,” Halfmoon’s Minimizing Engineering Liability Exposure Seminar

  • Moderator and Co-Chair, Dinner & Dialogue program sponsored by the DAYL Lawyers Promoting Diversity Committee

  • Regional Editor, “Unfair Trade Practices: A Compendium of State Law,” printed by the Defense Research Institute Publications

  • Panelist, DAYL Roundtable Debate & Discussion

  • Co-Author, “Profiles in Diversity — More Than Gender and Race: A Case Study of How One Law Firm Markets the Diverse Backgrounds of Its Attorneys”

  • Panelist, “Diversity & Business Development: A Panel Perspective,” Legal Marketing Association Southeastern Chapter’s City Group’s meeting, sponsored by Texas Lawyer

  • Chair, moderator and panelist, First Annual Lambda Legal Diversity Forum

  • Author, “Too Much Too Late: Unintended Consequences of Texas Securities Class-Action Reform,” Texas Lawyer

  • Speaker, “The Pitfalls of the New Office Cooler: Employers, E-mail and the Internet,” Hermes Sargent Bates, Employment Law Conference

  • Co-Author, “Corporate Sleuthing: Surveillance of Employee Activity to Avoid Disclosure of Trade Secrets,” ABA Litigation Section Annual Conference

  • Speaker, “The One-Two Punch: Lobbying and Impact Litigation in the Fight for Civil Rights”

Memberships

  • Sustaining Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation, an invitation-only position extended annually to only one third of 1% of Texas attorneys. One of the highest honors bestowed upon members of the State Bar. Nomination is based on outstanding contributions to the legal profession and community service. Once nominees are selected, each nominee must be elected by the Texas Bar Foundation Board of Trustees. 2008-Present

  • Barrister, Patrick E. Higginbotham American Inn of Court, 2006-2009

  • College of the State Bar of Texas, an invitation-only honorary society of lawyers who are among the best trained in Texas. Members are qualified attorneys who are interested in both high ethical standards and improved training for all Texas attorneys, 2008-Present

  • Former Dallas Young Lawyers Association, Co-Chair, Lawyers Promoting Diversity

  • Former Ex officio member of the Dallas Association of Young Lawyers Board of Directors

  • Former Defense Research Institute, Member, Legal Professionalism and Ethics Committee

  • Former American Bar Association, Co-Chair, Commercial & Business Litigation’s Professional Liability subcommittee

  • Former American Bar Association, Co-Chair, Commercial & Business Litigation’s Trade Secret subcommittee

  • Former ex officio member of the Texas Young Lawyers Association and Dallas Association of Young Lawyers Board of Directors

Amy’s parents lived in Scurry, Texas—a small town Southeast of Dallas—when she was born. After serving two tours in the Vietnam War as a member of the U.S. Marine Corps, Amy’s father joined the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, a job that moved her family to various parts of the country. Amy came home to Dallas to practice law in May 1998. When she’s not slaying dragons for her clients, she spends time hiking, biking and training with a UFC fighter.