ABOUT
As Government Affairs practice group leader and partner in charge of the firm’s Albany office, Amy’s law practice focuses on representing a variety of New York State professional associations, businesses, and not-for-profits before New York State Government, including the State Legislature, Governor’s Office, and State Agencies. Amy is a former Legislative Aide to New York Assemblywoman Helene E. Weinstein, Chair of the Assembly Ways and Means Committee. Her practice includes:
- Providing lobbying and government-related services.
- Monitoring, analyzing, and reporting on the status of pending legislation.
- Communicating clients’ positions to members of the State Legislature, state agencies, and the Governor’s Office.
- Drafting legislation on behalf of clients.
- Researching and ensuring compliance with state and federal lobby and election laws.
- Assisting clients with strategy regarding the availability of and access to a variety of government funding-mechanisms and other programs.
- Advising clients regarding a myriad of government relations compliance issues, from procurement regulations to campaign finance laws.
Professional & Civic Affiliations
- Board Member, Easterseals New York
- Chair, Government Law Center, Albany Law School
- Adjunct Professor, Albany Law School
- President, Potsdam College Foundation Board of Trustees
- Member, Standing Committee on Government Affairs, American Bar Association
- Board Member, National Association of State Lobbyists
- Member, American Bar Association
- Past Chair, American Bar Association Business Law Section Government Affairs Practice Committee
- Past President, National Alumni Association of Albany Law
- Past President, State University of New York at Potsdam Alumni Board of Trustees
- Past State President, New York State Women, Inc.
Honors & Awards
- Recipient, Kate Stoneman Award, 2026
- Named to the City & State Trailblazers in Health Care list, 2025
- Named to the City & State “40 in Their 40s” list, 2024
- Named to the City & State Trailblazers in Law list, 2024
- Named to the City & State Above and Beyond: Gen X list, 2023
- Selected by her peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® for Government Relations
- Named to the City & State Telecommunications Power 50 list, 2021
- Donald D. DeAngelis ’60 Excellence in Alumni Service Award recipient, Albany Law School, 2018
- Participant, American Israeli Education Foundation (AIEF) Northeast Progressive Leaders Delegation trip to Israel, December 2017
- Distinguished Service Award recipient, State University of New York at Potsdam Alumni Board of Trustees, 2016
- Selected to the Upstate New York Super Lawyers Rising Stars list, 2013-2017
