Amy is an intellectual property attorney who focuses her practice on patent and trade secret litigation and monetization. She has experience with matters before a variety of tribunals, including federal district courts, the Federal Circuit, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, the International Trade Commission, and Customs and Border Protection. Amy’s experience spans high tech, life sciences, and insurance industries, with a focus on electro / electromechanical devices and physical chemistry processes. Amy has a special interest in working with standard-essential patents and has researched and written multiple articles on the topic.

Amy serves on the board of directors for the Duplessey Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to coaching small business owners who identify as a woman, minority, and/or immigrant to grow their businesses to over $1 million in sales and revenue. Additionally, Amy serves on the associate board for Summer Search, a nonprofit dedicated to empowering high school students to and through college. Amy has an active pro bono practice, serving and representing clients in matters related to domestic and sexual violence, criminal record sealing, immigration, and entrepreneurship. Amy also is the co-chair of the Boston Intellectual Property Law Association’s pro bono committee and serves on the Disability Diversity and Inclusion Committee at Mintz.

While earning her JD, Amy interned with a Massachusetts-based 3D printer manufacturer, where she conducted compliance audits for privacy regulations and drafted non-disclosure agreements, license and service agreements, patent claim language, and responses to office actions issued by the US Patent and Trademark Office. She also worked as a research analyst and junior communications manager at Harvard Graduate School of Education’s Education Redesign Lab and interned with the Volunteer Lawyers Project, serving in the organization’s consumer and housing units. Amy was a Summer Associate at Mintz in 2022.

In law school, Amy served as a staff writer, staff editor, and executive editor for the BC Law’s Intellectual Property and Technology Forum Journal. She also participated in the Project Entrepreneur Clinic as a student attorney and volunteered with the Lawyers Clearinghouse CORI Clinic and General Legal Clinic. 

Prior to law school, while working as a Teach for America corps member, Amy taught high school chemistry and engineering. During that time, she was selected for Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Research Experiences for Teachers program, which is sponsored by the National Science Foundation, to work at the MIT Haystack Observatory. She was also selected for the Leadership in Educational Equity Fellowship and placed at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education.

Amy graduated from Purdue University with a degree in mechanical engineering. She has a variety of industry experience working as an engineer, including projects related to jet engine design, turbocharger design for six-ton diesel engines, and acoustic detection for combustible materials. After graduation, she served as a director on the board of directors of the Purdue Alumni Association for three years and was selected by now-President, then-Dean of the College of Engineering, Chiang of Purdue to serve as the Engineering Advisory Committee for two years.