Amy Poyer has extensive experience litigating in state and federal trial courts and at the appellate level. Her breadth of experience across the trial and appellate level enables her to provide key strategic advice and top-notch advocacy to her clients, while always putting her client's needs first.
Amy regularly litigates commercial business disputes and class action cases from inception through trial. Prior to joining Barnes & Thornburg, Amy served as senior staff attorney for the California Women’s Law Center, leading the organization’s impact litigation, policy advocacy, and research. Prior to that, she was an associate in the Los Angeles office of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP after a one-year term serving the Idaho Supreme Court as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Justice Warren E. Jones. Amy offers clients a broad array of experience at the trial and appellate levels across a variety of substantive areas and is known for providing keen analytical legal advice while fostering positive collaborative relationships with clients.
She is the Pro Bono Counsel for the Los Angeles office and sits on the Board of Directors of the California Women’s Law Center.
Credentials
Education
- Pepperdine University School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, member of Pepperdine Law Review, Moot Court
- University of California, Los Angeles, B.S., applied mathematics, minor in political science, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Dean’s Honors, Provost’s Honors
Bar Admissions
- California
Clerkships
- HonorableWarren E. Jones, Idaho Supreme Court