Amy Leila Prueger

Professional Background

Experience

• Successfully challenged, in the Texas Supreme Court, subject matter jurisdiction under the Texas Tort Claims Act
• Successfully defended on appeal a judgment in favor of a real estate development client on a long-term ground lease
• Successfully opposed, on appeal, an effort to take a client representative's deposition pre-suit
• Successfully defended, on appeal, a judgment favoring a client's employee's eligibility for a “keyman” life insurance policy
• Successfully defended, on appeal, a judgment returning title to a number of properties that had been fraudulently transferred
• Researched and prepared briefs for numerous matters pending in various courts of appeals and the Texas Supreme Court concerning business and healthcare litigation
• Researched and prepared numerous trial documents, including jury charges, findings of fact and conclusions of law, complex motions for summary judgment, choice of law motions, and memoranda on evidentiary and procedural matters
• Represented a landowner in a suit for damages alleging contamination of landowner's freshwater aquifer by oil and gas operations
• Defended a large dairy operation against allegations of the violation of environmental standards in an administrative proceeding before the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
• Defended contractor in arbitration matters related to two multimillion-dollar construction projects
• Defended actuarial and consulting firm in complex business litigation involving multiple federal district courts and bankruptcy courts

Admitted to Practice

• Texas
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
• U.S. District Court, Eastern, Northern, Southern, and Western Districts of Texas
• U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas
• Supreme Court of the United States

Education

• University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas
  - J.D., 2003
  - Research Assistant to Professor Robert Dawson and Professor Frank Cross, University of Texas School of Law
  - Texas International Law Journal
  - Winner and Best Advocate in Vial, Hamilton, Koch & Knox Endowed Mock Trial Competition
  - Finalist in Texas Invitational Mock Trial Tournament and William W. Daniel National Invitational
  - Mock Trial Tournament
• University of Texas, Austin, Texas
  - B.A., Plan II, Government and Philosophy, 1998

Publications & Presentations

• The Narrowed Texas Citizens Participation Act: A look at what it means for SLAPP suits (Zack Horton, Co-Author), Texas Bar Journal, Feb. 2022
• Rohrmoos and The Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog: Attorney’s Fees Update (presented with Jadd F. Masso), State Bar of Texas 39^th Annual Litigation Update Institute, Dec. 2022
• Care and Feeding of Rohrmoos: Attorney’s Fees in State and Federal Court
  • State Bar of Texas 38^th Annual Litigation Update Institute, Jan. 2022 (presented with Jadd F. Masso)
  • Austin Bar Civil Litigation Section, Jan. 2022
  • Texas Association of Defense Counsel Summer Seminar, July 2022
• Legal Malpractice and How to Avoid It (Amy Prueger, Moderator; Dale Jefferson, Panelist; Ross A. Sears II, Panelist and Co-Author; James D. Harris, Co-Author), State Bar of Texas 36^th Annual Advanced Personal Injury Law, 2020 
• When Your Reach Exceeds Your Grasp: Damages Appeal (presented by Amy Prueger, written by Sara Churchin and Paula Lear), SBOT 11^th Annual Damages in Civil Litigation, 2019 
• When Your Reach Exceeds Your Grasp: Damages Appeal, Texas Advanced Paralegal Seminar, 2019
• Drafting Settlement Agreements: Tips, Pitfalls, and Ethical Considerations (presented with Sara Churchin), SBOT 10^th Annual Business Disputes Course, 2018
• Top Ten Things You Need to Know in 2017, Litigation Update Institute, 2017
• Columbia, United Scaffolding, Toyota: The Mandamus Juggernaut (presented with Craig Enoch), State Bar of Texas Advanced Civil Trial Course, 2015 
• The Accidental Client: What Constitutes an Attorney-Client Relationship, In-house Ethics CLE, April 2007
• The Texas Supreme Court: Basics and Update, In-house CLE, December 2006
• "Permissibility of the Ex Parte Communication with Nonparty Treating Physicians",  Health Industry Online, November 2006
• The Unauthorized Practice of Law, In-house CLE, December 2005
• International Franchise Disclosure Laws (Contributing Author), American Bar Association on Franchising, 2005
• Litigating with Governmental Entities and Public Officials (Co-Author), Texas Association of Defense Counsel Winter Seminar, 2004

Professional & Community Activities

• State Bar of Texas
  - Administrative and Public Law Section
  - Appellate Section
  - International Law Section
  - Litigation Section, Sustaining Member
    - Litigation Section Council (2018-present)
      - Annual Meeting Committee
        - Chair (2023-2024)
        - Vice Chair (2022-2023)
      - News for the Bar Committee, Chair (2022-2023)
      - Social Media/Marketing Committee, Chair (2021-2022)
      - Texas Legal Legends/Luke Soules Awards Committee
        - Chair (2020-2021)
        - Vice Chair (2019-2020)
      - The Advocate Committee, Vice Chair (2020-2021)
• Austin Bar Association
  - Civil Appellate Section
    - Civil Appellate Section Council (2020-present)
      - Chair Elect (2022-2023)
      - Secretary-Treasurer (2021-2022)
  - Administrative Law Section
  - Data Privacy Law Section
• The Robert W. Calvert American Inn of Court, Barrister
• Travis County Women Lawyers' Association
• Texas Bar Foundation, Fellow
• Texas Appleseed Board, Member (2021-present)
• Pro-bono work with Texas Appleseed related to drafting rules and city ordinances to avoid federal and state pre-emption