Amy Osberg Roberts
Practice Areas
Experience
- Arbitration
- Business Litigation
- Corporate & Securities Litigation
- Cybersecurity, Data Protection, & Privacy
- e-Discovery & Record Retention
- Financial Institution Litigation
- Litigation Services & Support
- Securities Arbitration
- Trusts & Estates Litigation
Biography
Amy Roberts is an attorney in the litigation section of Jackson Walker’s Dallas office. Her experience includes complex commercial litigation, business dispute litigation, probate, trust, and fiduciary litigation, and arbitrations before the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). In addition to trial work, she regularly acts as a trusted advisor to her clients providing guidance on contract interpretation, as well as avoidance and handling of business disputes in order to avoid litigation. Amy’s practice at Jackson Walker is characterized by her client-centric approach to representation, which emphasizes collaboration, results, and dispute resolutions that make sense for each individual client’s business.
Education
B.A., with honors, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- University of Nebraska-Lincoln David Full Tuition Scholarship for Academic Excellence
J.D., with distinction, University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Law
- Executive Editor, Nebraska Law Review
- Robert G. Simmons Nebraska Practice Writing Award Winner, They Survived: Geographic Restrictions in Covenants-Not-To-Compete Still Exist in Nebraska
- Nebraska College of Law G. Robert Muchemore Full Tuition Scholarship
- Order of the Coif, denotes top 10% of graduating law school class
Bar Admissions
Texas
Court Admissions
United States Supreme Court
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
United States District Court for the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas
Amy has extensive experience representing retail brokerage firms in arbitration proceedings before FINRA. That experience includes numerous raiding cases throughout the United States involving broker dealer vs. broker dealer disputes alleging unfair competition, trade secret misappropriation, and breach of fiduciary duty claims stemming from hiring practice disputes. Other notable FINRA cases, where she represented financial institutions, include multiple employment disputes with current, and former, employees, as well as customer cases.
Amy is also an experienced trust and estate disputes lawyer. She has represented clients in numerous will contests, trust disputes, guardianship proceedings, and fiduciary litigation in Texas probate courts.
She has also handled product liability disputes dealing with multiple plaintiffs in various jurisdictions throughout the United States. Her product liability experience includes representing the manufacturer of nasal spray alleged to cause anosmia.
- The Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White Inc.), 2020-2025
- Commercial Litigation, 2020-2025
- Litigation – Intellectual Property, 2023
- Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America, 2023-2025
- Texas Rising Star, Super Lawyers by Thomson Reuters, 2015-2018
- KPMG Executive Leadership Institute for Women
“Who Is the Client? Operative Documents, Necessary Parties, and Knowing Your Limits,” TexasBarCLE – Handling Your First (or Next) Oil and Gas Case (December 2018)
- Dallas ISD School Health Advisory Council (SHAC), 2020-21
- Texas Bar Foundation, Fellow
- Women in the Know, Executive Board
- Dallas Bar Foundation, Fellow
- Women’s Business Council-Southwest, Committee Member
- State Bar of Texas
- Dallas Bar Association
- International Trademark Association
- Dallas Arboretum Young Families Committee Member
- Globalaw IP Initiative Committee Member
- Leadership Arts Alumni Association, Dallas Business Council for the Arts
- Élan Circle of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra League
- Leadership Arts Institute, Dallas Business Council for the Arts
- Dallas Women’s Foundation, Grants Committee
- Dallas Regional Chamber’s Women’s Business Conference, Underwriting Committee
- DBU Women’s Auxiliary Board
December 16, 2024
Newsletters
JW Belonging & Inclusion Newsletter – December 2024
View Jackson Walker’s December 2024 Belonging & Inclusion Newsletter, Perspectives.
September 9, 2024
Attorney News
Jackson Walker Congratulates 36 Attorneys Named Among the Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America
Jackson Walker is pleased to announce the selection of 36 attorneys to Lawdragon’s 2025 list of the 500 leading litigators in America. The third edition of this list recognizes America’s top talent in antitrust, financial and securities litigation, intellectual property, commercial litigation, real estate, mergers and acquisitions, cybersecurity, and white collar and investigations.
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.
December 4, 2023
Newsletters
JW Diversity & Inclusion Newsletter – December 2023
View Jackson Walker’s December 2023 Diversity & Inclusion Newsletter, Perspectives.
September 14, 2023
Attorney News
Jackson Walker Congratulates 35 Attorneys Named Among the Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America
Jackson Walker announces the selection of 35 attorneys to Lawdragon’s 2024 list of the 500 leading litigators in America.
August 17, 2023
Attorney News
‘The Best Lawyers in America’ Honors 287 Jackson Walker Attorneys in 2024 Edition, Including 12 “Lawyers of the Year” and 80 “Ones to Watch”
The Best Lawyers in America has recognized 287 Jackson Walker attorneys across 5 offices and 82 specialty practice areas in its 2024 edition, including 12 Lawyers of the Year and 80 Ones to Watch. In this year’s guide, Jackson Walker saw the largest number of attorneys in the areas of Commercial Litigation (66 attorneys) and Real Estate Law (60 attorneys) and the addition of 35 attorneys as Best Lawyers.
November 17, 2022
Newsletters
JW Diversity & Inclusion Newsletter – November 2022
View Jackson Walker’s November 2022 Diversity & Inclusion Newsletter, Perspectives.
October 7, 2022
Attorney News
Jackson Walker Congratulates 36 Attorneys Named Among the Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America
Jackson Walker announces the selection of 36 attorneys to Lawdragon’s inaugural list of the 500 leading litigators in America.
August 18, 2022
Attorney News
‘The Best Lawyers in America’ Honors 214 Jackson Walker Attorneys in 2023 Edition, Including 11 “Lawyers of the Year” and 41 “Ones to Watch”
The Best Lawyers in America has recognized 214 Jackson Walker attorneys across 6 offices and 79 specialty practice areas in its 2023 edition, including 11 Lawyers of the Year and 41 Ones to Watch. Best Lawyers listings are based on an exhaustive peer review survey of thousands of attorneys who vote on the legal abilities of others in their practice areas.
October 5, 2021
Newsletters
JW Diversity & Inclusion Newsletter – October 2021
View Jackson Walker’s October 2021 Diversity & Inclusion Newsletter, Perspectives.
Practice Experience
Amy has extensive experience representing retail brokerage firms in arbitration proceedings before FINRA. That experience includes numerous raiding cases throughout the United States involving broker dealer vs. broker dealer disputes alleging unfair competition, trade secret misappropriation, and breach of fiduciary duty claims stemming from hiring practice disputes. Other notable FINRA cases, where she represented financial institutions, include multiple employment disputes with current, and former, employees, as well as customer cases.
Amy is also an experienced trust and estate disputes lawyer. She has represented clients in numerous will contests, trust disputes, guardianship proceedings, and fiduciary litigation in Texas probate courts.
She has also handled product liability disputes dealing with multiple plaintiffs in various jurisdictions throughout the United States. Her product liability experience includes representing the manufacturer of nasal spray alleged to cause anosmia.
Recognition & Accolades
- The Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White Inc.), 2020-2025
- Commercial Litigation, 2020-2025
- Litigation – Intellectual Property, 2023
- Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America, 2023-2025
- Texas Rising Star, Super Lawyers by Thomson Reuters, 2015-2018
- KPMG Executive Leadership Institute for Women
Publications & Speeches
“Who Is the Client? Operative Documents, Necessary Parties, and Knowing Your Limits,” TexasBarCLE – Handling Your First (or Next) Oil and Gas Case (December 2018)
Community Involvement
- Dallas ISD School Health Advisory Council (SHAC), 2020-21
- Texas Bar Foundation, Fellow
- Women in the Know, Executive Board
- Dallas Bar Foundation, Fellow
- Women’s Business Council-Southwest, Committee Member
- State Bar of Texas
- Dallas Bar Association
- International Trademark Association
- Dallas Arboretum Young Families Committee Member
- Globalaw IP Initiative Committee Member
- Leadership Arts Alumni Association, Dallas Business Council for the Arts
- Élan Circle of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra League
- Leadership Arts Institute, Dallas Business Council for the Arts
- Dallas Women’s Foundation, Grants Committee
- Dallas Regional Chamber’s Women’s Business Conference, Underwriting Committee
- DBU Women’s Auxiliary Board