Amy Hefley

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 for Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas, and District of Colorado; American Bar Association; Federal Bar Association – President 2020; Houston Bar Association.

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).

Publications

https://www.bakerbotts.com/thought-leadership/publications/2024/may/think-twice-delaware-supreme-court-issues-three-key-opinions

https://www.bakerbotts.com/thought-leadership/publications/2024/april/securities-litigation-life-sciences-annual-report

https://www.bakerbotts.com/thought-leadership/publications/2024/april/macquarie-infrastructure-corp-us-supreme-court-confirms-that-pure-omissions-cannot-support

https://www.bakerbotts.com/thought-leadership/publications/2024/february/practical-lessons-for-directors-after-court-rescinds-elon-musks-award

https://www.bakerbotts.com/thought-leadership/publications/2024/january/2024-energy-litigation-outlook