Amy L. McIntire
Partner
Amy McIntire is a partner in Chaffe McCall’s Labor and Employment and Litigation sections. She has experience litigating high-profile cases, including a “bet the company” commercial dispute in federal court and the most extended criminal trial in the history of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
Amy’s employment law practice focuses on defending employers and management on administrative issues and against claims involving:
- Discrimination and Harassment
- Civil rights violations/breaches of restrictive covenants
- Fair Labor Standards Act
- Title IX
- Louisiana Wage Payment Act
Amy also has extensive experience in civil and commercial litigation, representing clients in class actions, unfair trade practices, commercial contract disputes, and various other civil law claims. She has been involved in all phases of litigation, including nationwide discovery, arguing procedural and dispositive motions, deposing plaintiffs, corporate representatives, and expert witnesses, and serving as both first- and second-chair trial counsel. Additionally, she has led appeals in both federal and state appellate courts.
She received her J.D., magna cum laude, from Notre Dame Law School in 2013, and was Managing Senior Editor of Notre Dame Law Review. During that time, she was awarded Outstanding Appellate Brief and received the Academic Fellowship Award. Amy graduated magna cum laude with departmental honors and received a B.S. in Management from Tulane University in 2010 with a double major in Legal Studies in Business and English.
PRESENTATIONS & PUBLICATIONS
- “Legal Writing by the Numbers, Part II: Another Judicial Survey of Dos, Don’ts, and Other Tips,” Federal Bar Association CLE (March 28, 2024)
- “Back by Popular Demand, Legal Writing by the Numbers: A Judicial Survey of Dos, Don’ts, and Other Tips,” Federal Bar Association CLE (September 21, 2022)
- “Legal Writing by the Numbers: A Judicial Survey of Do’s, Don’ts, and Other Tips,” Federal Bar Association (June 15, 2022)
- “Developments in Employment Law for Dealers,” Deep Southern Equipment Dealers Association (2019 & 2021 Summer Conferences)
- “COVID-19: Potential Liability for Employees Returning to the Workplace,” PLAC (July 9, 2020)
- “Common Pitfalls in Dealer Agreements & A Brief Primer on Mergers & Acquisitions for Dealers,” Deep Southern Equipment Dealers Association (2018 Summer Conference)
- “Recent Developments in Employment Law for Dealers,” Joint Annual Meeting for Mid-Atlantic, Deep South, and Southern Equipment Dealers Associations (February 12-15, 2017)
- “FLSA Primer for Dealers,” Joint Summer Conference of Deep South and Southern Equipment Dealers Associations, Destin, Florida (July 17-20, 2016)
- “Federal Jurisdiction Over Claims by State Attorneys General: The Case for Removal of Pharmaceutical Parens Patriae Suits as ‘Mass Actions’ Under the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005, “7 American University Health Law & Public Policy Brief 1, (2014)
- “Dodd-Frank’s Risk Retention Requirement: The Incentive Problem,” 33 No. 5 Banking & Financial Services Policy Report 5, (May 2014)
- “Oil and Gas Development on the Outer Continental Shelf: The Uphill Battle for State Input Into Federal Policy,” 9 Texas Journal of Oil Gas & Energy Law 37, (2014)
- “Louisiana’s “Motion Picture Investor Tax Credit”: A Uniquely Effective Economic Policy,” 13 Virginia Sports & Entertainment Law Journal 211, 2014
- “Five Things to Know About Louisiana’s Angel Investor Tax Credit,” Silicon Bayou News, co-author, (May 2014)
HONORS AND AWARDS:
- Selected for inclusion in the 2025 Top Women in Law List by New Orleans Magazine
- Named as a Top Lawyer in Labor and Employment Law by New Orleans Magazine, 2025
- Selected for inclusion in Louisiana Super Lawyers as a “Rising Star,” 2018-2025
- Selected for inclusion in 2022 Best Lawyers in America® “Ones to Watch” for Commercial Litigation and Labor and Employment Litigation
- Selected in the 2022 Leadership in Law Class by New Orleans CityBusiness
- Named as a ‘2021 Women of the Year,’ honoree by New Orleans City Business
- Outstanding Appellate Brief at Notre Dame Law School
- Academic Fellowship Award
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT:
- Committee Chair and Board Member, Federal Bar Association’s Younger Lawyers Division
- Tulane University School of Law, Trial Advocacy Course Instructor
- Steering Committee Member, Product Liability Advisory Council (PLAC)
- Networking Committee Member, Defense Research Institute’s Products Liability Group
- Member, Defense Research Institute
- Appellant Counsel in a two-hour oral argument before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in an appeal involving criminal and constitutional law issues.
- Appellee Counsel before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in an appeal involving civil rights, constitutional, and employment law issues.
- Appellee Counsel before the Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in an appeal involving civil rights, constitutional, and employment law issues.
- Lead Trial Counsel in a high-stakes, one-week federal trial involving breach of contract and unfair trade practice claims.
- Second-Chair Trial Counsel in a six-week federal criminal trial involving a multi-defendant, 47-count RICO indictment, securing a “not guilty” verdict on homicide charges.
- Second-Chair Trial Counsel in a one-week federal criminal trial involving drug, gun, and conspiracy charges, securing a mixed verdict.
- Lead and Second-Chair Trial Counsel in various state court proceedings, including matters involving injunctive relief, defamation, and property disputes.
- Trial Team Member in a multi-day employment hearing before the Civil Service Commission.
- Team Member for Liaison Counsel in multiple pharmaceutical multidistrict litigations (MDLs).
- Briefed, argued, and successfully defended against certification of nationwide class and collective actions.
- Conducted and defended numerous depositions of plaintiffs, expert witnesses, corporate representatives, and lay witnesses.
- Briefed and argued procedural and dispositive motions on various grounds, including statute of limitations, Daubert challenges, and causation.
- Prepared lay and expert witnesses for depositions and trial testimony.
Key Matters
- Appellant Counsel in a two-hour oral argument before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in an appeal involving criminal and constitutional law issues.
- Appellee Counsel before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in an appeal involving civil rights, constitutional, and employment law issues.
- Appellee Counsel before the Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in an appeal involving civil rights, constitutional, and employment law issues.
- Lead Trial Counsel in a high-stakes, one-week federal trial involving breach of contract and unfair trade practice claims.
- Second-Chair Trial Counsel in a six-week federal criminal trial involving a multi-defendant, 47-count RICO indictment, securing a “not guilty” verdict on homicide charges.
- Second-Chair Trial Counsel in a one-week federal criminal trial involving drug, gun, and conspiracy charges, securing a mixed verdict.
- Lead and Second-Chair Trial Counsel in various state court proceedings, including matters involving injunctive relief, defamation, and property disputes.
- Trial Team Member in a multi-day employment hearing before the Civil Service Commission.
- Team Member for Liaison Counsel in multiple pharmaceutical multidistrict litigations (MDLs).
- Briefed, argued, and successfully defended against certification of nationwide class and collective actions.
- Conducted and defended numerous depositions of plaintiffs, expert witnesses, corporate representatives, and lay witnesses.
- Briefed and argued procedural and dispositive motions on various grounds, including statute of limitations, Daubert challenges, and causation.
- Prepared lay and expert witnesses for depositions and trial testimony.