Ward and Smith PA

56 Best Lawyers awards

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Awarded Practice Areas

Litigation - Insurance

Biography

Amy's litigation practice focuses on complex commercial disputes, fiduciary duty claims, unfair and deceptive trade practices claims, and community association matters. Amy also has significant experience representing policyholders in a broad range of first- and third-party coverage litigation with their insurance carriers and co-chairs the firm's Insurance Counseling and Recovery Practice Group. That experience includes litigating coverage disputes pertaining to commercial property insurance, directors and officers ("D&O") insurance, errors and omissions ("E&O") insurance, disability insurance, and commercial general liability ("CGL") insurance. In addition, Amy litigates disputes of all flavors that arise in the agribusiness and hemp industries.

While a litigator at heart, Amy also enjoys advising clients outside of litigation. She is particularly passionate about defending licensed professionals before North Carolina's many professional and occupational licensing boards. She also devotes a portion of her practice to advising community association clients on a broad range of legal matters and routinely consults with and advises policyholders concerning their insurance coverage needs.

Amy began her legal career as a Judicial Law Clerk for the Honorable Samuel G. Wilson, United States District Court Judge for the Western District of Virginia. After completing her clerkship, Amy returned to her North Carolina roots where she focuses her practice on a wide variety of litigation matters in state and federal court and in arbitration proceedings. She is licensed in both North and South Carolina.

Ward and Smith PA

56 Best Lawyers awards

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Overview

  • Wake Forest University, B.A., graduated 2006
  • Wake Forest University, J.D., graduated 2009

  • North Carolina, North Carolina Bar Association, 2009

  • Tenth Judicial District Bar/Wake County Bar Association - Bench-Bar Committee Member; Professionalism Committee Member
  • North Carolina Bar Association - Professional Committee Member, 2023-2024; Insurance Section, Membership Committee
  • Wake Forest University School of Law Rose Council - Member
  • Campbell University, Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law - Connections Mentorship Program

  • United States Supreme Court
  • United States District Court – All districts in North and South Carolina
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
  • South Carolina, 2011
  • North Carolina, 2009
  • North Carolina, North Carolina Bar Association, 2009
  • Tenth Judicial District Bar/Wake County Bar Association - Bench-Bar Committee Member; Professionalism Committee Member
  • North Carolina Bar Association - Professional Committee Member, 2023-2024; Insurance Section, Membership Committee
  • Wake Forest University School of Law Rose Council - Member
  • Campbell University, Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law - Connections Mentorship Program
  • Wake Forest University, B.A., graduated 2006
  • Wake Forest University, J.D., graduated 2009
  • United States Supreme Court
  • United States District Court – All districts in North and South Carolina
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
  • South Carolina, 2011
  • North Carolina, 2009

Client Testimonials

Awards & Focus

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
  • Litigation - Insurance
Awards:
  • "40 & Under List," Benchmark Litigation, 2022-2023

  • Chambers USA, Insurance - North Carolina, 2024

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