Amy Clark Meachum has a diverse litigation practice in which she represents both plaintiffs and defendants in a wide variety of civil litigation matters. In the past several years, she has represented numerous individuals throughout the country against drug companies for failing to warn about the dangers of their products. Amy spends a large portion of her defense-side practice representing lawyers in malpractice and other professional liability matters. For nearly a decade, Amy has been litigating some of the most complex litigation matters in the state related to health care law, products liability and professional malpractice. She has been named a “Texas Rising Star” by Texas Law & Politics Magazine for the past three years (2007, 2008 and 2009) for general civil litigation.

Activities

• Democratic nominee for the 201st judicial district, Travis County
• Lloyd Lochridge Chapter, Inns of Court
• Austin Outstanding Young Lawyer Award, AYLA, 2010
• State Bar of Texas
• Austin Young Lawyers Association
• Texas Young Lawyers Association
• American Bar Association
• Bookspring, Board Member
• Capital Area Democratic Women, Member

Presentations & Publications

• Co-presenter, Witness Preparation & Memory Recovery Issues, State Bar of Texas CLE, presented with Charles Herring, Jr. and Judge Lora Livingston, February 2010
• Co-presenter, Legal Ethics 101: Malpractice Prevention & Conflicts of Interest, National Business Institute, presented with Brooks Schuelke, December 2009
• Presenter and Author, A Lawyer’s Right to a Lawyer: Dealing with Privilege and Confidentiality Concerns While Addressing Potential Conflicts of Interests with Clients, St. Mary’s Law Journal, 2009 Symposium on Legal Malpractice and Professional Responsibility, February 2009
• Co-author, Aiding and Abetting Liability for Lawyers: Is Privity Making a Comeback?, Texas Bar Journal, January 2007
• Presenter, Ten-Minute Mentor, The Careful Lawyer, Spring 2006
• Co-author, The Common Law of Mexican Law in Texas Courts, 26 University of Houston Journal of International Law 119, October 2003
• Author, How to File a Lawsuit in Texas, De Novo/A Supplement to Texas Lawyer, March 2003

Professional Background

• The University of Texas School of Law, J.D. 2000 (with honors; Texas Law Review; Legal Research Board; Teaching Quizmaster)
• Southern Methodist University, B.A. 1997 (magna cum laude)
• Admitted to Practice: Texas; United States District Court for the Northern, Southern and Western Districts of Texas