Amy is Co-Managing Partner of McCarter & English’s Indianapolis office. She has a broad practice, with deep experience defending Fortune 500 clients in complex, multidistrict litigation in federal and state courts. As national, national coordinating, and/or discovery counsel, she oversees bet-the-company litigations involving mass tort product liability, commercial, economic injury, class action, and other litigation claims. Over her twenty-five years of experience, Amy has led or co-chaired numerous national defense teams for nation-wide multidistrict litigations, appearing in federal and state courts in almost all jurisdictions.
Amy counsels clients on litigation avoidance, e-discovery best practices, and settlement decisions, and is currently overseeing a five hundred million dollar settlement for one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the United States. Clients trust Amy to manage the overall strategy, day-to-day coordination, and complex discovery issues mass tort cases present. From initial case filings and consolidation, to bellwether management, trials, and beyond, Amy has a deep understanding of the substantive and procedural challenges facing clients in mass tort and class action litigation. Drawing on her knowledge and creativity, Amy develops innovative and effective defense strategies designed to dispose of individual cases and entire dockets in a cost-efficient manner and can point to a number of litigations she and her team wholly disposed of in less than twenty-four months without settlement or trial.
Amy has argued dozens of times before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) to address the merits of centralization of various litigations and has significant experience with the JPML rules and procedures. She has been on numerous large MDL bellwether trial teams and handled federal and state court appeals.
Amy’s national recognitions include Chambers USA (nationwide for Product Liability & Mass Torts), Best Lawyers in America, Who’s Who, and BTI’s Client Service All-Stars. She is an active member of the invitation-only International Association of Defense Counsel. Amy serves on the firm’s Strategic Growth and Partner Selection Committees.
