Amanda N. Crouch
Practice Areas
Experience
- Appellate
- Business Litigation
- Energy Litigation
- Media Litigation
- Trusts & Estates Litigation
“Amanda Crouch has experience assisting a broad range of clients in both trials and appeals. Sources noted: 'Amanda has the ability to coordinate among different interests to present a unified defense.' 'She is a very good writer.'”
— Chambers USA Guide, 2023
Biography
Amanda Crouch is a zealous advocate for her clients. She represents clients in a wide range of industries in state and federal courts and arbitration. She has achieved success before juries, judges, arbitrators and appellate courts across Texas.
While she loves the courtroom, Amanda understands that trial is not always the answer and provides tailored strategies to fit each client’s specific need. She emphasizes efficiency in her practice and is frequently able to obtain a cost-effective resolution that fully achieves the clients’ desired outcome. Amanda works tirelessly for her clients and sees her role as a partner in reaching their goals. She works hard to understand her clients’ business needs and has a service-minded work ethic when it comes to resolving disputes.
Amanda’s practice is set apart by her ability to find creative solutions and strategies to resolving her client’s disputes. She has been essential in securing favorable results for clients on a range of matters, including general commercial litigation, collection cases, personal injury cases, probate litigation, oil and gas issues, contract disputes, environmental litigation, First Amendment and media litigation, Section 1983 claims and governmental immunity cases on behalf of cities and counties. Recently, Amanda led the firm’s COVID-19 Task Force and provided advice to clients in a range of industries regarding various COVID related employment and business matters.
Amanda has direct experience handling all aspects of a proceeding from pre-trial to trial to any necessary appellate remedies. She considers problem solving for clients to be a privilege and enjoys each opportunity to interact with current and potential clients.
Prior to joining Jackson Walker, Amanda interned for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Western District of Texas and for Justice Phil Johnson of the Texas Supreme Court. During law school, Amanda worked as a Research Assistant for Baylor University President Ken Starr and was President of the Student Bar Association. Amanda was also a member of the George Washington National Security Moot Court Team and the John Marshall Information Technology Moot Court Team.
Education
B.S., with high honors, University of Texas at Austin
J.D., cum laude, Baylor Law School
Bar Admissions
Texas
Court Admissions
United States Supreme Court
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
United States District Court for the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas
Commercial Litigation
Amanda has achieved success in a variety of commercial litigation matters, including the following representative cases:
- Filed and obtained default judgments for various business clients.
- Represented leading agriculture supply company in management of Texas collection docket resulting in favorable outcomes totaling over $2.5 million.
- Represented various other clients through state court collection litigation and post-judgment remedies including writs of execution, abstracting judgments, receiverships, and post-judgment discovery.
- Represented clients through state and federal court involving breach of contract claims resolved through summary judgment or favorable settlement.
- Defended a temporary injunction based on a covenant not to compete. Work resulted in a directed verdict in favor of client that was affirmed by the Fourth Court of Appeals.
- Achieved victory for client in federal court dismissing plaintiff’s claims for alleged breach of lease.
- Obtained favorable result through settlement for breach of international partnership agreement.
- Defended financial institutions and obtained favorable results against claims for alleged forged checks and other types of fraud.
- Represented financial institutions on various foreclosure related issues including defending against injunctive attempts to stop foreclosures.
- Represented life insurance companies on various claims related to recoverability of life insurance proceeds and obtained favorable settlements.
- Defended car dealership against various DTPA claims and obtained favorable settlement.
Beyond general commercial litigation, Amanda has significant experience representing clients in a variety of specialized litigation matters, including the following:
First Amendment and Media Litigation
- Obtained victory in Texas appellate court to reverse a post-verdict sealing order attempting to retroactively seal evidence presented in open court in a $740 million trade secret dispute.
- Achieved dismissal for media client under Texas Citizens Participation Act against Plaintiff’s First Amendment claims that was affirmed by state appellate court.
- Represented online media outlet in intervention to obtain court records in highly publicized case involving a public figure.
- Defended media entity in state court litigation involving defamation claim and obtained favorable settlement for client.
- Assisted in representation of media outlet against claims of defamation by limited purpose public figure based on publication of online article.
Governmental Litigation and Advice
- Defended governmental entity against whistleblower claims during two-week trial in state court.
- Represented governmental entity at trial against claims of First Amendment retaliation and obtained favorable post-trial settlement.
- Obtained victory in Fifth Circuit based on qualified immunity against Section 1983 claims related to jail suicide.
- Achieved state appellate victory for governmental entity in wrongful death lawsuit based on Section 101.106(e) of the Texas Tort Claims Act.
- Obtained dismissal in state court for public official based on allegation of judicial immunity in dispute over judicial bond.
- Assisted with multiple open records requests to governmental entities including preparation of appeal to Attorney General related to withholding of certain documents.
Title Disputes
- Obtained victory in federal trial and appellate court on a suit to quiet title filed by 33 plaintiffs relating to residential development in San Antonio.
- Obtained summary judgment in state trial court against Plaintiffs’ claims to quiet title based on fraudulently recorded deeds filed by third-parties.
- Achieved favorable settlement in state trial court in case related to fraudulently filed Chapter 53 lien.
- Defended suit to quiet title dispute in case involving fraudulently filed deeds that are part of a Ponzi scheme.
- Represented client in suit to quiet title for $3.5 million worth of property in Bexar County, Texas.
Environmental Litigation
- Unanimous take-nothing jury verdict in aerial spray drift case against applicator.
- Represented clients on issues related to chemical spills across Texas, including assisting with remediation efforts and defending claims asserted by private plaintiffs and governmental entities.
- Obtained summary judgment against claims filed by multiple plaintiffs in two counties alleging drift impact from nearby chemical application.
Probate Litigation
- Represented beneficiary and executor in multi-million dollar estate in dispute about suitability in state probate court.
- Represented beneficiary and executor in dispute over characterization of interests in Estate and obtained a favorable resolution at mediation.
- Served as lead associate on a variety of other probate litigation and guardianship matters, including claims involving intermingling of Texas and Mexico law.
Personal Injury Litigation
- Represented oil and gas companies against personal injury claims across Texas.
- Defended nursing homes against personal injury claims across Texas.
- Obtained victory in state trial and appellate court for premises liability claim based on injury that occurred in church parking lot.
- Achieved favorable settlements in personal injury claims filed against grocery stores across Texas.
Oil and Gas Litigation
- Defended client in multi-million dollar arbitration dispute related to ownership interests in various properties across Texas.
- Represented mineral interest owners and operators in state court cases across Texas relating to trespass to try title claims and obtained summary judgment or favorable settlement to resolve dispute.
- Represented mineral interest owners and operators in state court cases across Texas in disputes over ownership interests and obtained summary judgment or favorable settlement to resolve dispute.
- Defended client in case relating to lost deed.
- Named to “40 Under 40” list, San Antonio Business Journal, 2024
- Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business
- Up and Coming in Litigation: General Commercial – Texas: San Antonio & Surrounds, 2022-2024
- Associate to Watch for Litigation: General Commercial – Texas: San Antonio & Surrounds, 2021
- The Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White Inc.), Commercial Litigation, 2025
- Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch (Woodward/White Inc.), 2021-2024
- Appellate Practice, 2022-2024
- Commercial Litigation, 2021-2024
- Texas Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers by Thomson Reuters, 2024
- Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation – Trial & Appellate Litigation, 2023-2024
- Texas Rising Star – Civil Litigation: Defense, Super Lawyers by Thomson Reuters, 2019-2023
- Named to “Up-and-Coming 100: Texas Rising Stars” list, Super Lawyers by Thomson Reuters, 2021-2023
- Named to “Up-and-Coming 50: Women Texas Rising Stars” list, Super Lawyers by Thomson Reuters, 2021-2023
- “Best S.A. Lawyers” List, Business Litigation, San Antonio Scene, 2015-2024
- “San Antonio’s Outstanding Women in Law,” San Antonio Scene, 2021
- “Rising Star Lawyers” List, San Antonio Scene, 2016-2022
- Belva Lockwood Outstanding Young Lawyer Award, Bexar County Women’s Bar Association, 2017
Speaking Engagements
- Presenter, Social Media and 1st Amendment Issues, TexasBarCLE 34th Annual Advanced Government Law Course (July 2022)
- Co-Presenter, Basics of Pretrial – Preparing and Responding to Motions for Summary Judgment (October 2021)
- Co-Presenter, Association of Corporate Counsel: Ethical Considerations Prompted by Remote Work and Return to Work in the Wake of Covid-19 (March 2021)
- “What New Statewide and Local Restrictions Mean for Texas Businesses,” Jackson Walker Fast Takes Podcast (June 2020)
- Co-Presenter, Association of Corporate Counsel: Ethics Jeopardy (April 2020)
- Presenter, “Recent Trends in Oil & Gas Litigation” (February 2019)
In the News
- “Judge seals Thomas J. Henry divorce case following dismissal,” San Antonio Report (July 2021)
- San Antonio Chamber of Commerce – Leadership San Antonio, Class 47, 2023
- Bexar County Women’s Bar Association
- Board of Directors, 2016-2018
- Treasurer 2018
- Autumn Affair Co-Chair, 2016
- San Antonio Young Lawyer’s Association
- San Antonio Bar Association
- LeadershipSBOT, 2015-2016
- Defense Counsel of San Antonio
- Membership Chair, 2014
- Vice-President, 2015
- President, 2016
- Hemisfair Coalition, Founding President, 2015-2016
- North East Educational Foundation, Board of Directors
- Governance and Nominating Chair, 2021
- Starlight Gala Chair, 2017 – 2018
- Junior League of San Antonio, Board of Directors
- President, 2022-2023
- President-Elect, 2021-2022
- Board Member of the Year, 2020-2021
- Vice President of Fund Development, 2019-2020
- Signature Project Chair, 2017-2018
- Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD), Pathfinder Program, 2020
December 16, 2024
Newsletters
JW Belonging & Inclusion Newsletter – December 2024
View Jackson Walker’s December 2024 Belonging & Inclusion Newsletter, Perspectives.
September 17, 2024
Attorney News
Jackson Walker Congratulates Its “Texas Super Lawyers” of 2024
Jackson Walker proudly announces the selection of 71 attorneys to Thomson Reuters’ 2024 “Texas Super Lawyers” list.
Each year, less than 5% of attorneys in Texas are named to the list. Selection is based off of peer nominations that are then reviewed by a research team. Each nominee is evaluated on his or her professional accomplishments, peer recognition, and community involvement.
August 23, 2024
Newsletters
JW Belonging & Inclusion Newsletter – August 2024
View Jackson Walker’s August 2024 Belonging & Inclusion Newsletter, Perspectives.
August 15, 2024
Attorney News
‘The Best Lawyers in America’ Features 306 Jackson Walker Attorneys in 2025 Edition, Including 9 “Lawyers of the Year” and 75 “Ones to Watch”
The Best Lawyers in America has recognized 306 Jackson Walker attorneys across 81 specialty practice areas in its 2025 edition, including 9 Lawyers of the Year and 75 Ones to Watch. In this year’s guide, Jackson Walker saw the largest number of attorneys in the areas of Commercial Litigation (75 attorneys) and Real Estate Law (55 attorneys) and the addition of 27 attorneys as Best Lawyers.
June 28, 2024
Attorney News
Seven Jackson Walker Attorneys Named to Lawdragon’s List of 500 Next-Generation Lawyers
Jackson Walker is pleased to announce the selection of Edwin Buffmire, Art Cavazos, Amanda Crouch, Brian Oates, Manny Schoenhuber, Bethany Pickett Shah, and Ashley Withers to the “Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation” list for 2024.
June 6, 2024
Spotlight
Chambers and Partners Releases 2024 USA Guide Featuring 67 Jackson Walker Attorneys and 23 Ranked Departments
Jackson Walker is pleased to announce that Chambers and Partners has selected 67 attorneys and 23 departments for inclusion in the 2024 edition of the Global and USA guides. Attorneys were ranked across 27 departments, with 3 attorneys listed among multiple areas, 8 ranked nationwide in their respective areas, and 15 recognized for the first time.
April 15, 2024
Newsletters
JW Diversity & Inclusion Newsletter – April 2024
View Jackson Walker’s April 2024 Diversity & Inclusion Newsletter, Perspectives.
April 10, 2024
Attorney News
Amanda Crouch Named Associate Fellow of Litigation Counsel of America
Jackson Walker is pleased to congratulate San Antonio partner Amanda N. Crouch on her selection as an Associate Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America (LCA).
April 10, 2024
Attorney News
Amanda Crouch Listed as “40 Under 40” Honoree in San Antonio Business Journal
Jackson Walker proudly congratulates Amanda N. Crouch on her inclusion in the San Antonio Business Journal’s 2024 class of “40 Under 40” list. This prestigious acknowledgment celebrates forty outstanding professionals under the age of forty who are making remarkable contributions to the San Antonio community.
January 11, 2024
Attorney News
Super Lawyers Names 31 Jackson Walker Attorneys in Texas Top Women 2024 Magazine
Jackson Walker congratulates the 31 attorneys who were included in the Texas Top Women 2024 Magazine published by Thomson Reuters’ Super Lawyers. The annual Texas Top Texas Women edition includes the highest-rated women attorneys across the “Texas Rising Stars” and “Texas Super Lawyers” lists in a given practice area.
Practice Experience
Commercial Litigation
Amanda has achieved success in a variety of commercial litigation matters, including the following representative cases:
- Filed and obtained default judgments for various business clients.
- Represented leading agriculture supply company in management of Texas collection docket resulting in favorable outcomes totaling over $2.5 million.
- Represented various other clients through state court collection litigation and post-judgment remedies including writs of execution, abstracting judgments, receiverships, and post-judgment discovery.
- Represented clients through state and federal court involving breach of contract claims resolved through summary judgment or favorable settlement.
- Defended a temporary injunction based on a covenant not to compete. Work resulted in a directed verdict in favor of client that was affirmed by the Fourth Court of Appeals.
- Achieved victory for client in federal court dismissing plaintiff’s claims for alleged breach of lease.
- Obtained favorable result through settlement for breach of international partnership agreement.
- Defended financial institutions and obtained favorable results against claims for alleged forged checks and other types of fraud.
- Represented financial institutions on various foreclosure related issues including defending against injunctive attempts to stop foreclosures.
- Represented life insurance companies on various claims related to recoverability of life insurance proceeds and obtained favorable settlements.
- Defended car dealership against various DTPA claims and obtained favorable settlement.
Beyond general commercial litigation, Amanda has significant experience representing clients in a variety of specialized litigation matters, including the following:
First Amendment and Media Litigation
- Obtained victory in Texas appellate court to reverse a post-verdict sealing order attempting to retroactively seal evidence presented in open court in a $740 million trade secret dispute.
- Achieved dismissal for media client under Texas Citizens Participation Act against Plaintiff’s First Amendment claims that was affirmed by state appellate court.
- Represented online media outlet in intervention to obtain court records in highly publicized case involving a public figure.
- Defended media entity in state court litigation involving defamation claim and obtained favorable settlement for client.
- Assisted in representation of media outlet against claims of defamation by limited purpose public figure based on publication of online article.
Governmental Litigation and Advice
- Defended governmental entity against whistleblower claims during two-week trial in state court.
- Represented governmental entity at trial against claims of First Amendment retaliation and obtained favorable post-trial settlement.
- Obtained victory in Fifth Circuit based on qualified immunity against Section 1983 claims related to jail suicide.
- Achieved state appellate victory for governmental entity in wrongful death lawsuit based on Section 101.106(e) of the Texas Tort Claims Act.
- Obtained dismissal in state court for public official based on allegation of judicial immunity in dispute over judicial bond.
- Assisted with multiple open records requests to governmental entities including preparation of appeal to Attorney General related to withholding of certain documents.
Title Disputes
- Obtained victory in federal trial and appellate court on a suit to quiet title filed by 33 plaintiffs relating to residential development in San Antonio.
- Obtained summary judgment in state trial court against Plaintiffs’ claims to quiet title based on fraudulently recorded deeds filed by third-parties.
- Achieved favorable settlement in state trial court in case related to fraudulently filed Chapter 53 lien.
- Defended suit to quiet title dispute in case involving fraudulently filed deeds that are part of a Ponzi scheme.
- Represented client in suit to quiet title for $3.5 million worth of property in Bexar County, Texas.
Environmental Litigation
- Unanimous take-nothing jury verdict in aerial spray drift case against applicator.
- Represented clients on issues related to chemical spills across Texas, including assisting with remediation efforts and defending claims asserted by private plaintiffs and governmental entities.
- Obtained summary judgment against claims filed by multiple plaintiffs in two counties alleging drift impact from nearby chemical application.
Probate Litigation
- Represented beneficiary and executor in multi-million dollar estate in dispute about suitability in state probate court.
- Represented beneficiary and executor in dispute over characterization of interests in Estate and obtained a favorable resolution at mediation.
- Served as lead associate on a variety of other probate litigation and guardianship matters, including claims involving intermingling of Texas and Mexico law.
Personal Injury Litigation
- Represented oil and gas companies against personal injury claims across Texas.
- Defended nursing homes against personal injury claims across Texas.
- Obtained victory in state trial and appellate court for premises liability claim based on injury that occurred in church parking lot.
- Achieved favorable settlements in personal injury claims filed against grocery stores across Texas.
Oil and Gas Litigation
- Defended client in multi-million dollar arbitration dispute related to ownership interests in various properties across Texas.
- Represented mineral interest owners and operators in state court cases across Texas relating to trespass to try title claims and obtained summary judgment or favorable settlement to resolve dispute.
- Represented mineral interest owners and operators in state court cases across Texas in disputes over ownership interests and obtained summary judgment or favorable settlement to resolve dispute.
- Defended client in case relating to lost deed.
Recognition & Accolades
- Named to “40 Under 40” list, San Antonio Business Journal, 2024
- Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business
- Up and Coming in Litigation: General Commercial – Texas: San Antonio & Surrounds, 2022-2024
- Associate to Watch for Litigation: General Commercial – Texas: San Antonio & Surrounds, 2021
- The Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White Inc.), Commercial Litigation, 2025
- Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch (Woodward/White Inc.), 2021-2024
- Appellate Practice, 2022-2024
- Commercial Litigation, 2021-2024
- Texas Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers by Thomson Reuters, 2024
- Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation – Trial & Appellate Litigation, 2023-2024
- Texas Rising Star – Civil Litigation: Defense, Super Lawyers by Thomson Reuters, 2019-2023
- Named to “Up-and-Coming 100: Texas Rising Stars” list, Super Lawyers by Thomson Reuters, 2021-2023
- Named to “Up-and-Coming 50: Women Texas Rising Stars” list, Super Lawyers by Thomson Reuters, 2021-2023
- “Best S.A. Lawyers” List, Business Litigation, San Antonio Scene, 2015-2024
- “San Antonio’s Outstanding Women in Law,” San Antonio Scene, 2021
- “Rising Star Lawyers” List, San Antonio Scene, 2016-2022
- Belva Lockwood Outstanding Young Lawyer Award, Bexar County Women’s Bar Association, 2017
Publications & Speeches
Speaking Engagements
- Presenter, Social Media and 1st Amendment Issues, TexasBarCLE 34th Annual Advanced Government Law Course (July 2022)
- Co-Presenter, Basics of Pretrial – Preparing and Responding to Motions for Summary Judgment (October 2021)
- Co-Presenter, Association of Corporate Counsel: Ethical Considerations Prompted by Remote Work and Return to Work in the Wake of Covid-19 (March 2021)
- “What New Statewide and Local Restrictions Mean for Texas Businesses,” Jackson Walker Fast Takes Podcast (June 2020)
- Co-Presenter, Association of Corporate Counsel: Ethics Jeopardy (April 2020)
- Presenter, “Recent Trends in Oil & Gas Litigation” (February 2019)
In the News
- “Judge seals Thomas J. Henry divorce case following dismissal,” San Antonio Report (July 2021)
Community Involvement
- San Antonio Chamber of Commerce – Leadership San Antonio, Class 47, 2023
- Bexar County Women’s Bar Association
- Board of Directors, 2016-2018
- Treasurer 2018
- Autumn Affair Co-Chair, 2016
- San Antonio Young Lawyer’s Association
- San Antonio Bar Association
- LeadershipSBOT, 2015-2016
- Defense Counsel of San Antonio
- Membership Chair, 2014
- Vice-President, 2015
- President, 2016
- Hemisfair Coalition, Founding President, 2015-2016
- North East Educational Foundation, Board of Directors
- Governance and Nominating Chair, 2021
- Starlight Gala Chair, 2017 – 2018
- Junior League of San Antonio, Board of Directors
- President, 2022-2023
- President-Elect, 2021-2022
- Board Member of the Year, 2020-2021
- Vice President of Fund Development, 2019-2020
- Signature Project Chair, 2017-2018
- Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD), Pathfinder Program, 2020