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
Something More Than Civil
Darcie R. Brault embodies the Midwestern qualities of Michigan’s labor and employment barDarcie R. Brault doesn’t keep many secrets from her peers in Michigan’s labor and employment bar. “We are a small, close group,” she says. “We have many events—I was president of the section—and I have certainly had my share of cocktails and divulged anything of interest already. Although I did read once—in this magazine, actually—about a lawyer I know who admitted he had tattoos, and I was very surprised. So, I can tell everyone I don’t have any tattoos.” The lawyer with …
Insurance Quotes
Insurance coverage attorney Lee M. Hall on contracts, the happy side of failing, and why she knows West Virginia’s golf courses better than you doQ: So why the law for you? A: I’ve always struggled with that question. I’d like to be a person who says, “I was greatly influenced by the desire to do well and to have a positive influence on the community,” but the truth is my mother was a legal secretary. She had such a great respect for the men she worked with—and I say men because at that time, it was all men. But she spoke with tremendous admiration about their intellect and dedication to their clients. I was influenced by that. …
Talking It Out
What’s the secret to mediator Yvonne Takvorian Saville’s success? Letting everyone have their sayA seasoned pro when it comes to reading body language and facial expressions, Yvonne Takvorian Saville tells a story about fishing with her family. “We just took a trip to Islamorada, Florida,” she says of her husband, Erik Saville, and sons Jason and Alex. “We caught over 400 fish in one week. Actually, in five days. Thirty-three species. It was a blast.” The mediator with Weiss & Saville in Wilmington doesn’t wait for the follow-up question. She reads the body language and …
Business, Globalization and the American Dream
Dornbaum & Peregoy immigration lawyer Kathleen Peregoy on the evolution of American business, and navigating the changing landscape of global mobilityQ: Tell me about your career. A: My career started with a business degree, and I always had an interest in finance, tax, trade, international business and economics. These interests culminated into a real interest in how business shapes the law, and how law shapes business. I have practiced law since the early 80’s through major economic shifts and the rise and fall of significant industries that have changed U.S. business into a global marketplace and economy. To conduct business in this …
Shared Vision
How the courtroom duo of Dustin and Dennis Burrows overcome the latter’s failing eyesightIn the tale of two Burrows, it happened for Dustin before he even knew it. The maverick high school student found himself occasionally blowing off biology to take in a trial. “I’m not quite sure how it happened,” says Dustin R. Burrows with a laugh. “I just started to spend time watching [my father] in trial or at the [U.S.] Court of Appeals.” Nevertheless, he got his undergraduate degree in economics. “The market crashed when I was getting out, so I thought, ‘Might as well go to …
The Boy on the Bay
It didn’t take a message in a bottle for M. Hamilton “Tony” Whitman Jr. to grow up to be a maritime lawyer. Instead, it was sailing on the Chesapeake Bay as a boy and, later, serving time in the NavyQ: Maritime law—that’s a pretty small bar, right? A: We do have a small bar. You really get to know each other. It’s a shared interest in the subject and a shared interest in making sure that fellow lawyers continue to act in the best traditions of professionalism and courtesy. I’ve done lots of other things over the years: construction law, general commercial litigation, bankruptcies and all sorts of things, but it’s always useful when I am involved in one of those other cases and …
Master of Disaster
Thad Dameris’ phone started to ring after the Costa Concordia ran aground in ItalyWhen the cruise liner Costa Concordia hit a reef off the coast of Italy in January 2012, Thad Dameris’ life got busy. The partial sinking of the Italian vessel at Isola del Giglio, which claimed 32 lives, generated a barrage of lawsuits with “a million moving parts,” says the business litigator. He represents Carnival Corp., which has a contractual relationship with U.K.-based Carnival PLC, owner of the Italian company that operated the Concordia. “At the end of the day,” says …
The Scientist with a J.D.
IP attorney and hydrologist Alana Fuierer of Heslin Rothenberg is on the cutting edge of cleantechQ: You’ve got a lot of science backing your law degree. A: My background is in chemistry, but I gravitated to the law. I always enjoyed science, but I didn’t see myself working in a lab. It just didn’t seem to be a good fit because my verbal and writing skills were a huge asset. I really enjoyed writing. Originally I was interested in pursuing environmental law. I never thought about patent law or IP. When I started practicing, I did environmental work in Buffalo for a short time, then I …
Building Families and Rebuilding Lives
In her personal injury, employment and surrogacy/adoption practices, Colleen Quinn’s mantra rings clearClients of multidisciplinary lawyer Colleen Quinn have a history teacher to thank. “When we would get our tests back, which were multiple choice, if I got an answer wrong that I thought should be right, I would argue,” Quinn says. “Initially all the students would roll their eyes like, ‘Oh, gosh, there she goes again,’ and Dr. Pfennig would say, ‘Ms. Quinn, if there’s anything you’re going to be, it’s a lawyer. And anyone that marked that answer, I will accept it.’” Quinn …
The Brand Name
Health care attorney Adam Balick continues his family’s legal traditionAs a second-grade student on career day, Adam Balick and a classmate decided they were fated to be law partners. Didn’t happen. But Balick knew where his life was heading. “My father was a lawyer,” he says, “my father’s younger brother was a judge, his wife was a judge. I had a couple of cousins who were lawyers, too.” His father Sidney (who, once upon a time, took a chance on hiring a young lawyer named Joseph Biden) was the most influential. At the Balick household in Wilmington, …
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