Amy L. Wells is an attorney at Behnke, Martin & Schulte, LLC. Amy dedicates her practice to providing legal counsel to consumers throughout Ohio, in both state and federal court. Her practice areas include: With years of legal and business experience and training, coupled with keen sense of fairness and justice, Amy's dedication to protecting consumers is exercised each day, helping people find prompt resolutions to their legal issues through litigation and informal dispute resolution.
EDUCATION
Amy graduated from the University of Dayton School of Law joint-degree program, earning a Juris Doctorate and Masters of Business Administration. During law school Amy was a member of the Moot Court Team and Moot Court Board. She also served as Vice President of the UDSL Women's Caucus, and as a teaching assistant in the legal research and writing program. Amy was a summer associate at a Dayton law firm in the litigation section, and also clerked in-house at NCR throughout law school. Amy earned her undergraduate degree in business administration at Ohio University in Athens. PUBLISHED WORK Amy's 2008 article The Price of Identity Theft for Ohio Consumers was published in Ohio Trial Magazine, Volume 18, Issue 1. In April 2009 her article Protecting Consumers from a "New Breed" of Debt Collector was published in the Dayton Bar Association's Bar Briefs magazine.
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS Amy has been invited to speak to attorneys and consumers on the state and national level regarding consumer advocacy issue. Recent presentations include the 2010 National Consumer Law Center Fair Debt Collection Training Conference, Jacksonville, FL, "FDCP Fundamentals: The Care and Feeding of Your FDCP Case;" CORT Consumer Law Training 2010, Ann Arbor, MI, "Bringing Claims Under the FCRA and FACTA;" 2010 Ohio Association for Justice Annual Convention, Columbus, OH, "Appraisal Litigation: Critical Evidence in An Inflated Appraisal Case & Eminent Domain: Friend or Foe?" MEMBERSHIPS Amy serves on the Board of Trustees of the Ohio Association for Justice, and is the current Chair of the Consumer Law Section. She also serves on the Legislative Committee. Amy is a member of the National Association of Consumer Advocates, the American Association for Justice, Ohio Bar Association, Miami Valley Trial Lawyers Association, and the Dayton Bar Association.
OTHER INTERESTS Before practicing law, Amy operated hotels in Ohio and Pennsylvania. When not in the court room, Amy enjoys traveling, cooking, theater, yoga, hiking and spending time with friends and family.
~Dedicated to Protecting Ohio Consumers~
Consumer Protection Laws * Fair Debt Collections * Fair Credit Reporting |
