Amy Ficklin DeBrota

amy@debrotalaw.com

Amy Ficklin DeBrota was admitted to practice law in the State of Indiana and U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana in 1993 and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit in 1999.

Education:

• Indiana University (B.A., 1987); (J.D., cum laude, 1993);and,
• Executive Articles Editor, Indiana Law Review, 1992-1993.

Experience:

• Principal Member, The DeBrota Law Firm LLC, 2006 to present;
• Principal Member, Price Waicukauski Riley & DeBrota LLC, 2005-2006;
• Partner, Riley DeBrota LLP (and predecessor firms), 1997-2005;
• Associate in employment and general civil practice, 1995-1997;
• Deputy Prosecutor, Marion County, Indiana, 1994-1995;
• Law Clerk to Honorable Linda Chezem, Indiana Court of Appeals, 1993-1994;
• Delegate to US-USSR Emerging Leaders Summit, 1989;and,
• Assistant Director, Office for Drug Free Neighborhoods, Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development 1989-1990.

Author:

• Dumping Drug Dealers Off the Dole, 26 Ind. L. Rev. 89, 1992; and,
• Contributing Editor, American Bar Association Model Jury Instructions and Equal Pay Act Cases, 2003.

Awards:

• President's Award for Service to the Indianapolis Bar Association, 2006; and,
• Super Lawyer, Employment Litigation, 2007.

Professional Speaker:

• Speaker and Co-Chair, 7th Circuit NELA Conference, March 2007;
• Speaker, Sexual Harassment and Gender Discrimination, Anatomy of Discrimination Cases, ICLEF, October 2006;
• Speaker, Getting Down to Basics: Understanding Indiana Wage Statutes, Indianapolis Bar Association, September 2006;
• Speaker and Co-Chair, 7th Circuit NELA Conference, February 2006;
• Speaker, State Law Claims for Employment Lawyers, NELA-Indiana, November 2005;
• Speaker and Co-Chair, 7th Circuit NELA Conference, 2005;
• Speaker, Federal Court Practice Pointers Indianapolis Bar Association Bench/Bar Conference, June 2004;
• Speaker, ICLEF Hot Topics in Federal Class Actions, May 2004; Speaker, Indiana Civil Rights Commission ADA Seminar, December 2003;
• Chair, Indiana Trial Lawyers Association Sunrise Litigation Seminar, November 2003;
• Speaker, Indiana Trial Lawyers Association Sunrise Litigation Seminar, Employment Law overview, February 2003;
• Speaker, EEOC Technical Assistance Program, September 2002; and,
• Speaker, National Business Institute Unemployment Compensation Seminar, 2001.

Memberships:

• Indiana Employment Lawyers Association, Member, 1998 to present (Chair, 2005 and 2006);
• Indiana Trial Lawyers Association, 1995 to present (Legislative Affairs Committee 2004);
• National Employment Lawyers Association, 1995 to present;
• Indianapolis Bar Association, 1993 to present (Small Firm/Solo Practitioner Ad Hoc Committee, 2002; Employment and Labor Law Executive Committee, 2004 to present; Bench Bar Conference Programming Committee, 2006);
• Federal Bar Association, 2003 to 2004;and,
• Indianapolis American Bar Association Labor Section Mentoring Committee, 2003.

Areas of Practice:

• Employment and Discrimination Law (Individual, Multiple Plaintiff and Class Actions), Pre-Litigation Employment Dispute Mediation and, Human Resources Legal Consulting.

Representative Cases:

• Lead counsel in Veerkamp, et al. v. U.S. Security Associates, Inc., Cause No. 1:04-CV-0049-DFH-TAB, a collective action for unpaid wages and overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana with companion cases in the Southern District of Ohio, Middle District of Tennessee and New Jersey federal district courts and achieved favorable global settlement;
  • Ohio Complaint
  • New Jersey Complaint
  • Kentucky and Tennessee Complaint
  • Notice of Lawsuit under Fair Labor Standards Act
  • Indiana Second Amended Complaint
• Lead counsel in Simpson, et al. v. Flagstar Bank, Cause No. IP01-1468-C-K/T, housing/lending discrimination class action in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, resulting in an approximate $1,165,000.00 settlement;
• Lead counsel in Freeman, et al. v. Supervalu Holdings, Cause No. 1:99CV0347, Equal Pay Act/sex discrimination opt-in class action pursued in conjunction with EEOC, resulting in $1.2 million total settlement;
• Lead counsel in Cadwell et al. v. Fraternal Order of Eagles, in which the Indiana Civil Rights Commission found the Eagles' "males only" membership policy was contrary to the Indiana Constitution;
• Numerous additional employment case settlements, many of which are subject to confidentiality agreements; and,
• Other Class Actions: Vioxx Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 1657; In re: Bextra and Celebrex Marketing Sales Practices and Product Liability Litigation, MDL No. 1699; In re: Guidant Corporation, et al., MDL No. 1708; and, Thomas Burnett, Sr., et al. v. Al Baraka Investment and Development Corporation, et al., MDL No. 1570, currently pending in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, regarding the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

"It ’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog."
Mark Twain

The DeBrota Law Firm LLC, an Indianapolis employment law firm, represents clients and provides consultations throughout Indiana, including all central Indiana counties and the cities of Indianapolis, Bloomington, Elkhart, Franklin, Kokomo, Lafayette, New Albany, Muncie, Terre Haute, Fort Wayne, South Bend, Richmond, Marion and Anderson.

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