Amy Hamilton practices primarily in the areas of workers’ compensation defense, employment law and litigation, municipal law and family law.

Principal practice areas

• Workers’ compensation defense
• Employment law and litigation
• Municipal law
• Family law

Representative experience

• Defense of employers before the Industrial Commission of Ohio
• Representation of employers in appeals to state court from decisions of the Industrial Commission
• Representation of employers in mandamus actions seeking relief from decisions of the Industrial Commission
• Defense of employers in administrative proceedings before the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the Ohio Civil Rights Commission (OCRC) and the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS)
• Defense of public and private employers at the trial and appellate levels in wrongful discharge, harassment and discrimination claims involving race, gender, age and disability
• Counseling of employers on employment practices
• Representation of municipalities in both litigation and non-litigation matters including counseling with respect to legislative and election matters, public sector employment, civil service, workers’ compensation, and First Amendment issues
• Defense of municipalities in matters involving Section 1983 civil rights actions, nuisance abatement and zoning, employment and workers’ compensation, and personal injury claims
• Domestic relations litigation including matters involving the International Child Abduction Remedies Act (ICARA) and the Hague Convention

Bar admissions

• Ohio Supreme Court (1988)
• 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (1989)
• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio (1989)
• U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio (2021)
• U.S. Supreme Court (2020)

Career and educational background

• Of counsel, Nicola, Gudbranson & Cooper
• Law clerk, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
• Adjunct professor of law, Case Western Reserve University School of Law
• Adjunct professor of law, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State University
• Law instructor, Lakeland Community College
• Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State University (JD, magna cum laude, 1988; Exegisis editor, Cleveland State Law Review, 1988)
• Kent State University (BA, political science, summa cum laude, 1984)

Professional and civic activities

• Member, Ohio State Bar Association
• Member, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
• Member, the Center for Principled Family Advocacy
• Member, finance council, Church of the Gesu
• Member, MusiGals women’s choir

Publications

• Author, “Sexual Harassment Accusations and Recoveries Have Risen Dramatically,” NGC Legal Insights (Fall 2019)
• Author, “Workers’ Compensation Changes Should Benefit Employers,” NGC Legal Insights (Fall 2017)
• Author, “H.R. 4300, the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1986: Congress’ Response to the Changing American Family,” 35 Cleveland State Law Review 455 (1987)