About Amy White
Amy White is a former senior editor at Super Lawyers having been with the magazine for 17 years. Prior to that, she was a sports columnist and feature writer for a daily newspaper in Pennsylvania. Her freelance work can be found in Delaware Today Magazine, Mainline Today, Brandywine Hunt, Philadelphia Style and Delaware Beach Life. She is an adjunct professor of writing at the University of Delaware, where she graduated with a journalism degree. She also holds an MFA in publishing and creative writing from Rosemont College and has served as line editor on poetry anthologies and works of contemporary fiction. She loves baseball, bikes, books and coffee.
Articles written by Amy White
Ascending the Stage
Divani Nadaraja’s footwork through dance and the lawIf family law attorney Divani Nadaraja had to do a song and dance for her clients, she could. She’s only traveled the globe perfecting her act. “I started dance when I was 4,” says Nadaraja, who, along with her sister, studied Bharatnatyam, a classical South Indian form of dance, when they were growing up in Hayward, California. “The text for the dance was written over 2,500 years ago; it’s very ancient. There are specific hand movements, body formation; the way you move your eyes to …
What To Do if You're Accused of Discrimination
First, take a deep breath. Evaluate Risks, Goals, and Protections Determine if this is a current or former employee and whether you have insurance coverage. Avoid venting your frustrations or disparaging the charging party, particularly by email. Identify your goals and evaluate your risks, including risks to the company’s reputation, relationships, and employee morale. Make Sure Your Team Understands the Attorney-Client Relationship Get legal counsel involved early to come up with a game …
Common Visa Categories for Non-U.S. Employees
With demographic changes, waves of retirements from baby boomers, and a tight labor market, foreign workers are a great way to supplement your existing workforce. When considering a foreign national for employment, seeking the proper visa classification depends upon the type of position being filled and the potential employee's education and skill level. Speak with an immigration lawyer for personalized legal advice. The Two Types of Employment-Based Visas There are two types of …
California Contract Disputes: Steps To File a Lawsuit
Initially, the potential litigant should consider what benefits they expect to obtain from the contract in question, what benefits they actually did obtain (if any), and the perceived reasons why reality didn’t meet those expectations. Step 1: Consider Your Contract’s Benefits and the Impact of Litigation on Business Relationships The potential litigant must strongly consider any personal or business relationship developed with the alleged wrongdoer and how the pursuit of litigation may …
What To Do if Your Product Injured a Consumer
The first thing is: Exhale. The second thing is: Call legal counsel. Preserve all records that might be germane to the case — including any contracts, marketing and promotional materials, sales records, and product warnings. After the initial shock, you might be in full panic mode. But you will need to answer the following questions: Have you ever been involved with litigation regarding this particular product before? What do you know about the injured consumer? How long has the …
Larry Laycock’s Christmas Stories
How one lawyer’s post-trial mopes spawned a traditionLarry Laycock was moping around the house, feeling very unhappy. “I didn’t know what to do with myself,” he remembers. After a months-long patent infringement case that was tried out of town came to a favorable resolution in early September, Laycock, an IP litigator at Salt Lake City’s Maschoff Brennan, found himself unmoored. “I do not do well sitting still,” he says. “I was driving my wife and four kids nuts.” Not only did he need a project, but he needed one that would quell …
Book Case
Angela Matney shares her story in the Human LibraryWhen the executive director of the disAbility Resource Center in Fredericksburg, Virginia reached out to attorney Angela Matney to gauge her interest in a project that sought a diverse group of people, Matney didn’t think twice. Besides having served as board chair of the center, Matney has made a name for herself advocating for people with disabilities. The project was called The Human Library, an initiative imported from Denmark in which people are encouraged to check out specific books. …
‘This Is Family Law Now’
AAML President Madeline Marzano-Lesnevich on assisted reproductive techniques and the new House tax billPhoto provided by Spoon Photo & Design. It was a November evening at the Renaissance Chicago Downtown Hotel, but as New Jersey family law attorney Madeline Marzano-Lesnevich surveyed a packed house that included her eight grandchildren, she felt transported thousands of miles away. “The theme of the gala was ‘An Evening in Paris,’” says Marzano-Lesnvevich of the night she calls “the absolute epitome of my career”—her swearing-in as the current president of the American Academy …
When Love Walked In
As lawyer John Cord and his wife, Kelly, were working their way through their bucket list, they decided it was time to open their doors to a foster childAs my wife, Kelly, and I were checking off our bucket list—education, travel, first house—it felt like time to do something more. Like foster. The credit for this decision, like many things, belongs to my wife. She has a level of empathy that I know will be forever out of reach. When she was younger, she babysat for a family that fostered, and she always knew that if she ever had the means, she would do it. We were eager to help a child in need; and excited, like any expectant parent, to …
After Ferguson
How NBA president Pamela Meanes helped wage war on police brutalityOn Aug. 9, 2014, Pamela Meanes—who had been sworn in as president of the National Bar Association, the largest predominantly African-American bar in the country, 10 days earlier—received a call from a colleague while she was visiting Boston. “Have you heard what’s happening in St. Louis?” he asked. “A young man named Mike Brown got shot. They left his body in the streets. The National Bar Association needs to get something out.” “Not only was this happening during my …
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