Overview

Practice Areas

As a paralegal with more than 20 years of experience, Amy provides comprehensive support to Frantz Ward lawyers engaged in a broad range of litigation at the state, federal, and appellate levels. Amy has worked on numerous complex, high-volume cases from inception to conclusion and has developed extensive experience undertaking case management, performing factual research, handling all forms of document control, analysis and production, database management, and e-Discovery. She assists with deposition, arbitration, and trial preparation and provides on-site litigation support at trials, hearings, mediations, and arbitrations using industry-leading document management and trial presentation technology.

Practice Areas

Representative Experience

  • Assisted counsel in preparation for and attendance at AAA arbitration to successfully defend a performance bond surety against claims in excess of $32 million.
  • Provided on-site trial support regarding the Ohio Alcoholic Beverages Franchise Act to successfully terminate a franchise between a winery and the distributor.
  • Provided extensive preparation and on-site trial support for five weeks in Minnesota District Court for a matter involving patent infringement and theft of trade secrets.
  • Assisted attorneys as national coordinating counsel for multiple nationwide clients involved in toxic tort litigation.
  • Assisted counsel with case management, discovery, document collection, trial preparation and courtroom support for alleged wrongful termination of employee-police officer.
  • Provided arbitration preparation to successfully defend a dispute involving the party’s failure to make payments under several contractual agreements.

Education

  • University of Toledo, A.A.S
  • Ohio University, B.S.

Representative Experience

  • Assisted counsel in preparation for and attendance at AAA arbitration to successfully defend a performance bond surety against claims in excess of $32 million.
  • Provided on-site trial support regarding the Ohio Alcoholic Beverages Franchise Act to successfully terminate a franchise between a winery and the distributor.
  • Provided extensive preparation and on-site trial support for five weeks in Minnesota District Court for a matter involving patent infringement and theft of trade secrets.
  • Assisted attorneys as national coordinating counsel for multiple nationwide clients involved in toxic tort litigation.
  • Assisted counsel with case management, discovery, document collection, trial preparation and courtroom support for alleged wrongful termination of employee-police officer.
  • Provided arbitration preparation to successfully defend a dispute involving the party’s failure to make payments under several contractual agreements.

Education

  • University of Toledo, A.A.S
  • Ohio University, B.S.