Amy M. Stewart

Founding Partner

Intuitive. Strategic. Relentless.
Founding Partner

Selected by Texas Lawyer in 2022 as one of the top three attorneys in Texas, Amy founded and leads the only minority and woman-owned business litigation defense firm in Dallas-Fort Worth.  Amy resolves commercial, employment/labor, and product liability matters for the firm’s multiple Fortune 100 clients. Also, Amy is certified as an Arbitrator with the American Arbitration Association and presides over commercial, construction, and employment matters. She was recently inducted into the prestigious International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution Panel of Distinguished Neutrals. In addition to her civil trial and arbitration experience, Amy is a highly sought-after investigator who leads high-profile and sensitive ethics and workplace-related investigations.

What sets Amy apart from other attorneys are the skills she garnered from her experience in the athletic world. Winning is in her blood – she played college basketball at Wake Forest University and coached Division I basketball at her alma mater and Tulane University before shifting her focus to wins in the courtroom. Amy’s unique background leads her to zealously compete on her clients’ behalf with an aggressive yet respectful approach.

As one of her long-time clients explains, “Amy has the unique ability to not only connect with our CEO but also bond with front-line workers to get the job done.” Based on her experience building winning teams, Amy never gives up on meeting her client’s objectives and uses her intellect and intuition to alter the game plan when issues arise. Business clients want Amy and her team to lead and represent their interests as their outside legal counsel. Opposing counsel respects her legal acumen and tenaciousness.

Amy leads the only minority and woman-owned law firm in Dallas focused on business litigation, labor and employment, product liability, and personal injury defense. In 2024, Amy was voted Vice Chair of the American Bar Association Litigation Section to lead the country’s largest association of litigators and trial attorneys. In 2020, Amy and her team conducted the first-ever Zoom summary trial in the country. She is a frequent speaker at local, state, and national legal and non-legal conferences on several subjects.

Amy has been honored with numerous industry awards, including the Top 10 Texas Super Lawyers, 2024, Dallas Business Journal’s 2023 Women in Business, 2023 U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms,” 2023 D CEO Dallas 500 Most Powerful and Influential Leaders in Dallas-Fort Worth, 2022 The Best Lawyers in America, 2022 Women, Influence & Power in Law Best Mentor Law Firm, 2022 D Best Lawyers in Dallas, 2022 D CEO Dallas 500 most powerful and influential leaders in Dallas-Fort Worth, 2021 Best Lawyers in America, 2021 Super Lawyers 50 Top Women Lawyers in Texas, 2021 Lawdragon 500 Leading U.S. Corporate Employment Lawyers, 2020 Texas Minority Counsel Program Trailblazer of the Year, 2020 America’s Top 100 Personal Injury Attorneys, 2020 National Black Lawyers Top 100, 2020 & 2019 Dallas Bar Association’s Presidential Citation, the 2019 Dallas Business Journal Minority Business Owner Award, 2019 American Bar Association 100 Women Who Inspire Us Award and is a five-time Super Lawyers honoree.

You can contact Amy directly at 469.607.2311 or by email at [email protected].

Representative Matters

• Successfully represented Microsoft software consultant company in breach of contract and misappropriation of trade secrets lawsuit in a federal trial in Atlanta, Georgia.
• Represents international food service providers in employment-related arbitrations across the country.
• Represents international oil manufacturers in labor disputes.
• Defended international manufacturer of medical devices in multi-district product liability litigation.
• Defends national insurer in bad faith lawsuits across the State of Texas.
• Defended insurer in ERISA and bad faith lawsuits.
• Defended major retailer in premise liability and negligence matter which was successfully resolved through mediation.
• Defended national manufacturer in multi-million dollar property damage and personal injury lawsuit in Virginia.
• Defended international chemical manufacturer in multi-million dollar property damage and personal injury lawsuits in Minnesota and South Carolina.
• Represented an international chemical manufacturer in a fiduciary duty and negligence action against former legal counsel.
• Represented national window manufacturer against property damage and personal injury claims.
• Represents national retailers in premise liability and negligence actions.
• Represents insurers and insureds against personal injury lawsuits.
• Represented a regional bank in a lawsuit arising from fraud and breach of fiduciary duty related claims from flood damage insurance coverage to real property.
• Represented international manufacturer of truck tractor engines in several wrongful death actions in federal and state courts across Texas.
• Represented various financial institutions in wrongful foreclosure and breach of promissory note actions. Most matters were resolved via motions for summary judgment or alternative dispute resolution.
• Represented Fortune 500 food industry clients in cases involving claims of sexual harassment, race, national origin, and disability discrimination with successful outcomes.

Legal Experience

• Partner, Estes Thorne & Carr, PLLC
• Senior Associate, White & Wiggins, LLP
• Associate, Bickel & Brewer
• Associate, Cox Smith
• Associate, Markland Hanley, Dallas
• Judicial Extern for Honorable Johnnie B. Rawlinson, United States District Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | 2005

Publications

• Author, Dallas Bar Association, “Huddle Up: Amy M. Stewart Uses Division I Experience to Lead Dallas-Based Law Firm” | November 2022
• Author, Dallas Bar Association, “Representation Matters: The Impact on Judge Jackson’s Confirmation” | June 2022
• Author, Texas Bar Journal, “Knowing How to Lead: Retired Chief Justice Carolyn Wright Discusses Making a Difference” | March 2021
• Author, State Bar of Texas 11th Annual Damages in Civil Litigation, “All Is Lost?: High Hurdles to Establishing Lost Profits Damages at Trial” | 2019
• Author, American Bar Association, The Woman Advocate Newsletter, “Be Aware of Your Blind Side: A Game Plan for Dealing with Implicit Bias” | Spring Vol. 25, Issue 3, 2019
• Author, ABA GPSolo Magazine, “Clearing the Hurdles of Admissibility for Social Media Evidence” | November – December 2018
• Author, ABA Section of Litigation, Woman Advocate Committee Newsletter, “The Girlfriend’s Guide to Negotiating: Stop Self-Sabotaging Behaviors That Derail Your Path to Success” | Fall Vol. 23, Issue 1, 2017
• Chapter Author, Her Story: Lessons in Success from Lawyers Who Live It, “Negotiating Fair Compensation” | 2014
• Author, ABA Section of Litigation, Business Torts News and Developments, “Fifth Circuit Makes Erie Guess on New Anti-SLAPP Statute’s Commercial Speech Exemption” | May 2014
• Author, ABA Section of Litigation, Business Torts News and Developments, “Texas Court of Appeals Holds That a Former Employer’s Accusations That Employee Stole Trade Secrets Is Defamatory Per Se” | November 2012
• Author, ABA Section of Litigation, Business Torts News and Developments, “Fifth Circuit Looks at Claims Handling v. Procurement” | May 2012
• Author, ABA Section of Litigation, Business Torts News and Developments, “Texas Court of Appeals Refuses to Extend Architect’s Contractual Duty to Protect Third Parties” | November 2011
• Author, ABA Section of Litigation, Business Torts News and Developments, “Standard Merger Clause Does Not Preclude Misrepresentation” | October 2011
• Author, ABA Section of Litigation, Business Torts News and Developments, “Using Virtual Data Rooms to Your Advantage” | April 2010
• Contributor, Texas Business Litigation Journal, “Expert Case Law Review” | 2009 – 2012

English

Bar Admissions

• State Bar of Texas
• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
• U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Affiliations, Associations, & Bar Activities

• American Bar Association, Member 2009 – Present
  • Chair-Elect, ABA Litigation Section | 2025 – Present
  • Vice-Chair, ABA Litigation Section | 2024 – Present
  • The Woman Advocate Committee, ABA Litigation Section | 2024 – Present
  • Executive Committee, ABA Litigation Section Executive Committee | 2024 – Present
  • Council Member, ABA Litigation Section | 2019 – 2021
  • Managing Director, ABA Litigation Section | 2020 – 2022
  • Co-Chair, ABA Litigation Section Professional Success Summit | 2018
  • Co-Chair of the American Bar Association’s Litigation Section Annual Meeting | 2017
  • Outstanding Subcommittee Chair for the Business Torts Committee Award Recipient, ABA Litigation Section | 2013
  • Co-Chair, ABA’s Business Torts and Unfair Competition Committee | 2011 – 2014
• International Association of Defense Counsel, Member 2021 – Present
  • IADC, Trial Techniques and Tactics Committee | 2024 – Present
  • IADC, Leadership Forum Chair | 2024 – Present
• Board of Directors, The New Roundtable | 2021 – Present
• Board Secretary, NEW Roundtable, a Consortium of African-American Female Attorneys | 2021 – 2023
• Texas Association of Defense Counsel, Member 2020 – Present
• Board of Directors, TADC – The Texas Association of Defense Counsel | 2021 – Present
• Inducted into the International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution Panel of Distinguished Neutrals | 2020 – Present
• United States District Courts for the Northern District of Texas Court Advisory Committee | 2020 – Present
• Member, National Black Lawyers Top 100 | 2020 – Present
• Barrister, Patrick E. Higginbotham American Inn of Court | 2019 –2023
• Certified Arbitrator, American Arbitration Association and FINRA | 2017 – Present
• State Bar of Texas | 2011 – Present
  • Council Member, State Bar of Texas Litigation Council | 2011 – 2018
• Dallas Bar Association | 2011 – Present
  • Board Member, Dallas Bar Association | 2018 – Present
• Board Member, Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum | 2023 – Present
• Board of Directors, Girls Inc. of Metropolitan Dallas | 2022 – Present

Education & Certifications

J.D., University of Missouri-Columbia

• • Law Review
  • Associate Editor | 2005 – 2006

B. A., Speech Communication, Wake Forest University

• • Team Captain, Women’s Basketball Team | 1994
  • Academic All American, Black Collegian Magazine | 1994

American Arbitration Association

• • Certified Arbitrator handling Commercial, Construction, and Employment disputes

Association of Title IX Administrators

• • Civil Rights Investigator Level One

Awards

• Lawdragon 500 Lawdragon 500 Leading Corporate Employment Lawyers | 2026
• The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 Arbitration – Commercial Litigation – Corporate Law – Employment Law – Management – Litigation – Insurance Defendants – Litigation – Labor and Employment – Personal Injury Litigation “Best Lawyers” | 2026
• The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 Arbitration – Commercial Litigation – Employment Law – Labor and Employment – Personal Injury Litigation – Litigation – Insurance “Best Lawyers” | 2025
• Lawdragon 500 Leading Corporate Employment Lawyers | 2025
• Texas Monthly, Top 50 Women Attorneys in Texas | 2024
• Super Lawyers Top 10 Texas Super Lawyers | 2024
• Super Lawyers Top 50 Women Lawyers in Texas | 2024
• Super Lawyers Top 100 Dallas/Fort Worth Super Lawyers | 2024
  Super Lawyers Top 100 Texas Super Lawyers | 2024
• Top Women Attorneys In Texas – Texas Monthly | 2024
• The Best Lawyers in America® 2024 Employment Law – Labor and Employment – Personal Injury Litigation“Best Lawyers” | 2024
• Lawdragon 500 Leading Corporate Employment Lawyers | 2024
• Super Lawyers Top 100 Dallas/Fort Worth Super Lawyers | 2023
• Super Lawyers Top 100 Texas Super Lawyers | 2023
• Super Lawyers Top 50 Women Lawyers in Texas | 2023
• The Best Lawyers in America® | 2023
• Dallas Business Journal’s Women in Business | 2023
• Top Women Attorneys In Texas – Texas Monthly | 2023
• D CEO Dallas 500 most powerful and influential leaders in Dallas-Fort Worth | 2023
• U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” | 2022
• The Best Lawyers in America | 2022
• Women, Influence & Power in Law Best Mentor – Law Firm Award | 2022
• Super Lawyers Top 100 Dallas/Fort Worth Super Lawyers | 2022
• Super Lawyers Top 100 Texas Super Lawyers | 2022
• Super Lawyers Top 50 Women Lawyers in Texas | 2022
• Texas Legal Attorney of the Year Award | 2022
• Lawdragon 500 Leading U.S. Corporate Employment Lawyers | 2022
• D CEO Dallas 500 most powerful and influential leaders in Dallas-Fort Worth | 2022
• U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” | 2022
• NBA Women Lawyers Division Achievement Award | 2022
• The Best Lawyers in America® | 2021
• Super Lawyers Top 50 Women Lawyers in Texas | 2021
• Super Lawyers Top 100 Dallas/Fort Worth Super Lawyers | 2021
• Lawdragon 500 Leading U.S. Corporate Employment Lawyers | 2021
• The Best Lawyers in America® | 2020
• Texas Minority Counsel Program Trailblazer of the Year | 2020
• Dallas Bar Association’s Presidential Citation | 2020
• Recognized, Texas Super Lawyers | 2015 – 2022
• The National Black Lawyers Top 100 | 2020 – 2022
• America’s Top 100 Personal Injury Attorneys | 2020
• Dallas Bar Association’s Presidential Citation | 2019
• American Bar Association 100 Women Who Inspire Us Award | 2019
• Super Lawyers Top 50 Lawyers | 2019
• Dallas Business Journal Minority Business Owner Award | 2019
• D Magazine’s Best Lawyers Award | 2019
• Martindale-Hubbell, Client Champion Gold Award | 2019
• Top Attorneys in Texas, Texas Monthly | 2018
• Martindale-Hubbell, AV Preeminent Rating, Peer Rated Highest Level of Professional | 2017 – present
• Top Attorneys in Texas, Texas Monthly | 2017
• Texas Diversity Council Top Women Attorney Award | 2017
• Top Attorneys in Texas, Texas Monthly | 2016
• Super Lawyers Rising Star | 2014 – 2015
• Top Attorneys in Texas, Texas Monthly | 2015
• Fellow, American Bar Foundation | 2015
• ABA’s Outstanding Subcommittee Chair Award for the Business Torts Subcommittee | 2013