Amy Ruhland > DLA Piper LLP (US) > Austin, United States > Lawyer Profile
DLA Piper LLP (US) Offices
401 CONGRESS AVENUE
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AUSTIN,TEXAS 78701-3799
TEXAS
United States
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Amy Ruhland
Work Department
Litigation, Arbitration and Investigations; Financial Services; Healthcare; Insurance
Position
Partner
Career
Amy L. Ruhland is a trial lawyer who represents clients in complex civil litigation throughout the country. Amy’s practice spans several areas, including general business litigation, securities, class action defense, product liability and mass torts, trademark and copyright and arbitration matters. Amy also has experience with direct defense of aging services facilities in lawsuits asserting professional liability, personal injury, negligence, elder abuse, wrongful death and other related claims.
Her clients have included Fortune 500 and international companies in the financial services, pharmaceutical, automotive, entertainment, technology and energy industries.
Amy’s significant courtroom experience includes serving as trial counsel in state and federal courts across the country. Most recently, Amy co-chaired a month-long jury trial in New York, in which her team won a full defense verdict in a multi-million dollar breach of contract lawsuit filed by 31 plaintiffs against the world’s largest logistics company. In another case, Amy represented a private equity fund in a two-week bench trial in Delaware Chancery Court, successfully defeating breach of contract and tort claims involving hundreds of millions of dollars. Amy has also served as trial counsel in jury and bench trials in California, Texas, and Utah, and has argued motions and appeals in numerous other trial and appellate courts across the country.
In addition, Amy maintains an extensive pro bono practice. Prior to joining DLA, Amy spent several years at two major international firms—one in London, England, where she obtained significant international arbitration experience. While there, she represented clients before the ICC, LCIA and UNCITRAL.
Education
J.D., University of Texas School of Law; B.A., University of Texas at Austin
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Tax > International tax
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Real estate > Real estate
- Government > State attorneys general
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: transactional and regulatory
- Industry focus > Cannabis
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Tax > Financial products
- Finance > Fintech
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: automotive/transport
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Finance > Project finance
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense