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
The Real Power
Nisha Mungroo isn’t here for the paycheckNisha Mungroo thought she had it all figured out—she was going to be a corporate lawyer, make six figures and wield real power. As a first-generation West Indian American with Trinidadian roots on her mother’s side and Guyanese roots on her father’s side, and as the granddaughter of rural farmers, Mungroo felt she owed it to her family to dazzle. “My father was one of 15, I was the first of my nuclear family to go to college,” she says. “To my parents, having educated children …
Speaking Out
When is workplace speech protected—and when isn’t it?You’re an employee who happens to live in America, with its First Amendment rights to free speech. So if you want to flip the bird to the presidential motorcade—even if the image is captured and dominates national headlines—it’s all good when it comes to your employer, right? Not exactly. “What is and isn’t protected speech is one of the most misunderstood areas of employee law and employee rights,” says Dove Burns, of Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel. “And it’s …
Are Employee Complaints Protected Speech?
As an employee living and working in America, you are subject to the country's First Amendment rights to free speech. So, if you want to flip the bird to the presidential motorcade, you're immune to consequences from your private employer, right? Not exactly. Assuming all types of speech are protected can lead to trouble. There are restrictions based on the nature of employment and applicable laws. It is advisable to speak with an experienced employment lawyer for legal advice about protected …
Tech Support
Before she was a tech lawyer, Jennifer Beckage was in on the internet’s ground floorIn the late ’90s, Jennifer Beckage was a 20-something Southerner with big hair and a Texas twang who saw the future. She would sit down in boardrooms across the Northeast making a simple ask of Fortune 500 presidents: “Just throw away your entire marketing plan,” she says. “The whole world is changing. You should listen to me, a 20-year-old, and move your 100-year-old business online.” She laughs at the memory. “I believed in the product, I was passionate about technology and about …
Court to Court
How an encounter with a stingray led Cheryl Meyers Buth to the NBAIf you see Cheryl Meyers Buth tooling around Orchard Park in her Jeep, please stop asking her if she knows LeBron James. She doesn’t. “If I had a nickel for every time someone asked me that,” she says, laughing. (She does, however, have his agent’s number.) Why does Buth, one of Buffalo’s most renowned criminal lawyers, find herself questioned about one of basketball’s greats? You’d have to go back to an unfortunate run-in with a stingray. Buth and husband Neil (“The best life …
Can Employers Mandate the COVID-19 Vaccine?
Most employers can mandate the COVID-19 vaccine, but employers must provide exceptions. Employer policies can generally require vaccine mandates but must provide medical and religious exemptions unless they create an undue hardship or pose a direct threat to safety. Reasonable accommodations under EEOC guidance include testing alternatives and remote work. Title VII protects workers against termination risks for sincerely held religious beliefs, and the ADA limits disability discrimination. …
Including Pets in Your Estate Plan: Pet Trusts
To say that pets are family members doesn't encompass the depth of feeling that comes with loving and cherishing a furry, feathery, or scaly member of the clan. As with all facets of estate planning, the responsible thing is to make formal arrangements for the care of your beloved pet well before your death. “People are living longer and many older people are alone,” notes Chester B. McLaughlin, an estate planning attorney in Prescott, Arizona. “And so their pets become incredibly …
'This Won't Be the Last Crisis We See'
Juan Chavez on the tear gas-filled summer of 2020One moment Juan Chavez was decompressing with a beer with his fellow Oregon Justice Resource Center colleagues over Zoom; a few hours later, Portland’s Justice Center was on fire. It was May 29, 2020. The beer was an antidote to a tough day in court, in which Chavez and his team argued for increased health protections for prisoners in Oregon jails on the heels of the state’s first COVID-19 inmate death. The fire was a protest response to George Floyd’s killing four days earlier. “That …
Lawyer's Best Friend
How a poodle named Aristotle brings calm to Joel Feldman’s family law officeJoel Feldman has a secret weapon at his Boca Raton law office. Be warned, though—it steals potato chips and is often spotted sneaking into rooms where confidential information is divulged. “But he does understand attorney-client privilege and would never breathe a word of anything he hears,” Feldman assures. The “he” in question is Aristotle, his beloved standard, parti-colored poodle. Before retiring to firm life, “Totle” was a therapy dog, and Feldman would take him to tour …
How Can My Biometric Data Be Used in the Workplace?
Biometric data is personal data based on a person's biological and behavioral characteristics. Generally, biometric data can identify an individual using distinguishing features such as voice, facial, and hand and finger recognition. Some employers require biometric data to grant workers access to restricted areas or sensitive data. Employers may use employee fingerprints or face scans to use a laptop or for timekeeping. Many employees don't like the idea of giving their employer their …
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