Amy is the Managing Partner of the firm.
Amy practices in the areas of workers compensation, motor vehicle accident, public liability and general civil litigation, being recognised as a leading lawyer across her areas of expertise in South Australia and Nationally.
Amy also heads our Estate Litigation practice, where she actively attends hearings in the Supreme Court on behalf of our clients in both hearings and mediations. DBH Lawyers has a successful estate litigation practice, we were most recently successful acting for the applicants in the matter of Moloney v Hayward & Ors in the Supreme Court, (which you can read here: MOLONEY v HAYWARD & ORS [2022] SASC 79 (29 July 2022) (austlii.edu.au).
In addition to her practice Amy is an active member of the Law Society of South Australia, sitting on numerous boards and committees, and was President of the Society in 2019, being only the 4th female to be elected to the position in the 140 year history of the SA Law Society.
Amy is passionate about gender equity and diversity in the law and business. She was the former Chair of Equality Diversity and Inclusion Committee and was the South Australian representative on the Law Council of Australia’s Equal Opportunity Committee from 2018-2021. In addition, Amy is a highly desired speaker on the topic, delivering papers throughout South Australia and Nationally.
In 2020 Amy was named one of InDaily’s 40 Under 40, these prestigious awards recognise the leading business people in South Australia aged under 40.
In addition to heading one of our personal injury teams, Amy is the Partner responsible for Business Development and Marketing. She was also the founding partner behind our women’s professional networking group, Doing Business in Heels.
