Though all cases vary and none is predictive, Amy’s experience includes:

• Argued Dupree v. Younger, presenting the question whether legal issues decided at the summary-judgment stage must be raised in post-trial motions, in the U.S. Supreme Court.
• Argued Sanchez v. Mayorkas, presenting the question whether eligible recipients of Temporary Protected Status may adjust to lawful-permanent-resident status, in the U.S. Supreme Court.
• Secured holding in the U.S. Supreme Court that the federal-program bribery statute requires a quid pro quo in order to convict state or local officials of bribery in Snyder v. United States.
• Secured holding in the U.S. Supreme Court that when a defendant uses a trademark as a designation of source for its own goods or services, it is not entitled to First Amendment protection from infringement liability under the Lanham Act.
• Secured holding in the U.S. Supreme Court rejecting a willfulness requirement to obtain awards of infringers’ profits in trademark-infringement cases under the Lanham Act.
• Argued appeal from conviction, following four-month trial, on charges of conspiracy and wire fraud on behalf of corporate executive in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.  
• Argued appeal from conviction, following one-month trial, on charges of extortion, honest-services fraud, Travel Act violations, and false statements on behalf of entrepreneur in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
• Argued appeal from conviction on charges of health care fraud and conspiracy to commit health care fraud on behalf of corporate executive in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
• Secured affirmance of summary judgment in favor of a multinational pharmaceutical company in the First Circuit in multi-district product liability litigation involving more than 400 plaintiffs.
• Successfully argued an appeal in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, securing affirmance of Lanham Act judgment following jury and bench trials.
• Successfully argued an appeal in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, securing affirmance of dismissal of racketeering claim against corporate client.
• Successfully argued an appeal in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, obtaining reversal of an order denying disgorgement of profits under the Lanham Act.
• Secured affirmance of judgment as a matter of law in favor of firm clients in a fraud case in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
• Successfully argued an appeal in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, obtaining reversal of an order increasing a damages judgment against a tax-services provider.
• Successfully argued an appeal in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, obtaining vacatur of an attorneys’ fee award under the Copyright Act.
• Successfully argued an appeal in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, obtaining affirmance of the district court’s dismissal of a putative class action lawsuit alleging breach of contract and deceptive trade practices.
• Successfully argued an appeal in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, overturning the district court’s ruling that a preemption claim was not ripe for adjudication.
• Secured ruling in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit overturning a nearly $400 million jury verdict against a global financial institution arising from a nationwide fraud perpetrated by the bank’s predecessor’s customer.