Amy Allums Lee
Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America for Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions-Defendants since 2012 and Environmental Litigation since 2010
Practice Concentration & Experience Summary:
Ms. Lee has a variety of trial, pre-trial, mediation, and appellate experience in the fields of energy and environmental law. Her practice includes legacy lawsuits, contract and property disputes, tax and royalty claims, lien claims, class actions, and regulatory matters with the Louisiana Office of Conservation. The greater part of her experience entails multi-party and multi-faceted litigation, often involving mineral and surface lease issues and site remediation.
Other Professional Experience:
Attorney, Liskow & Lewis (2002 - 2005)
Law Clerk to the Honorable Catherine D. Kimball, Associate Justice, Louisiana Supreme Court (2001 - 2002)
Assistant editor of the Louisiana Civil Code and the Louisiana Civil Law Treatise vols. 2-4 (1999 – 2001)
Year Admitted to Practice:
2001
Education:
Louisiana State University (B.A., cum laude, 1996)
Tulane University (J.D., magna cum laude, 2001)
Law School Honors:
Order of the Coif
Tulane Law Review (Member and Articles Editor 2000 - 2001)
Trial Advocacy Award
Civil Law Certificate
Research assistant to Professor A.N. Yiannopoulos
Professional, Business & Civic Affiliations:
American Inn of Court of Acadiana – Executive Committee member since 2010, President 2014-2015
Louisiana State Law Institute (Respite Committee 2014, Utility Servitudes Committee 2013, Counterletter Committee 2008 - 2009, Tulane Law School representative 2003 - 2004)
Leadership Seminars of America, Inc. – Board of Directors (parent organization of LYS: Louisiana Youth Seminar)
Lafayette Parish Bar Association
Louisiana Bar Association
American Bar Association
Federal Bar Association
Articles & Speeches:
Gray, Patrick W. and Amy A. Lee, Current Issues on Joint Operating Agreements, 55th Mineral Law Institute, 2008
McNamara, Thomas M., Patrick W. Gray, and Amy E. Allums,Current Issues in the Scope of the Obligation to Restore Property After Oil & Gas Operations, 56 Center for American and International Law, Institute on Oil and Gas Law, pub. 640 (2005)
Allums, Amy E., Prytania Park Hotel, Ltd. v. General Star Indemnity Co.: How a Small Hotel Made a Big Difference in the Component Part Concept, 74 Tul. L. Rev. 1543 (2000)
Presentation to the Lafayette Parish Bench Bar Conference: "Writ Applications to the Louisiana Supreme Court" (2003)
Guest lecturer, LSU Law School litigation skills class (2006 – 2010)
Bar Admissions:
Louisiana
Lafayette, Louisiana 70505