USA
Practice Areas
Amy Hefley is the firm’s Deputy Chair of Litigation and co-chairs the Securities and Shareholder Litigation practice group. She is a seasoned courtroom lawyer with extensive experience representing companies and their officers and directors in all types of securities litigation, ranging from securities fraud class actions, to proxy litigation and appraisal actions, to breach of fiduciary duty and derivative suits in federal and state courts across the country. Amy also represents companies and audit and special committees in internal investigations and advises clients on preventing and responding to operational and corporate compliance issues. In addition to her securities practice, Amy has substantial experience representing companies in a broad range of complex commercial disputes involving contracts, fraud claims, trade secret misappropriation claims, and other business torts, and in energy litigation involving lease termination claims, joint operating and joint development agreements, midstream agreements, and title disputes. Amy has tried cases to a decision on behalf of plaintiffs and defendants and has successfully arbitrated claims in a variety of domestic and international forums.
Career
Amy clerked for Hon. Emilio M. Garza, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (2006-07), and Hon. Ewing Werlein, Jr., U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas (2004-06).
Professional Memberships
State Bars of Texas and New York
U.S. Court of Appeals – Second and Fifth Circuits
U.S. District Courts – Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas; Eastern and Southern Districts of New York; District of Colorado
American Bar Association
Federal Bar Association – President 2020
Houston Bar Association
Publications
The Law of War - Securities Litigation Risk in an Era of Armed Conflict - https://www.bakerbotts.com/thought-leadership/publications/2026/april/the-law-of-war-securities-litigation-risk-in-an-era-of-armed-conflict
Corporate Governance Field Guide - Caremark Duties - https://www.bakerbotts.com/thought-leadership/publications/2026/april/corporate-governance-field-guide---caremark-duties
Corporate Governance Field Guide - Board Communications - https://www.bakerbotts.com/thought-leadership/publications/2026/february/corporate-governance-field-guide---board-communications
Expansion of Harris County District Courts - https://www.bakerbotts.com/thought-leadership/publications/2025/september/expansion-of-harris-county-district-courts
IPO Claims Moving From Courtroom to Conference Room? SEC Reverses Approach to Issuer Registration Statements with Mandatory Arbitration Provisions - https://www.bakerbotts.com/thought-leadership/publications/2025/september/ipo-claims-moving-from-courtroom-to-conference-room-sec-reverses-approach-to-issuer-registration
Texas Corporations Gain New Governance Tools and Increased Predictability in Shareholder Disputes - https://www.bakerbotts.com/thought-leadership/publications/2025/may/texas-corporations-gain-new-governance-tools-and-increased-predictability-in-shareholder-disputes
Securities Litigation - Energy Year in Review - https://www.bakerbotts.com/thought-leadership/publications/2025/march/securities-litigation---energy-year-in-review
Delaware Supreme Court Confirms "Potential" Control is Not Enough to Find Actual Control - https://www.bakerbotts.com/thought-leadership/publications/2025/february/delaware-supreme-court-confirms-potential-control
Personal
J.D., The University of Texas School of Law 2004 (Order of the Coif; High Honors); B.A., History, University of Oklahoma 2001 (Phi Beta Kappa; Summa Cum Laude).
