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Amy Allums Lee
Of Counsel, Lafayette
D  337.267.2366
Assistant
822 Harding Street
P.O. Box 52008
Lafayette, Louisiana 70503

Overview

Amy Lee is an experienced litigation attorney who handles complex cases in the fields of energy and environmental law. Her practice includes legacy lawsuits, site remediation, contract and property disputes, royalty claims, oil well liens, environmental litigation, oil and gas law, and regulatory matters with the Louisiana Office of Conservation. 

Amy was recognized for her environmental experience by The Best Lawyers in America as a “Lawyer of the Year” in Environmental Litigation in 2020 and 2022. 

Involvement

  • The Foundation For Natural Resources and Energy Law, Member
  • Louisiana State Law Institute – Council member and member of various committees
  • American Inn of Court of Acadiana – Executive Committee member since 2010, President 2014-2015
  • Leadership Seminars of America, Inc. – Board of Directors (parent organization of LYS: Louisiana Youth Seminar)
  • Boy Scouts of America volunteer leader
  • Lafayette Parish Bar Association
  • Louisiana Bar Association
  • American Bar Association
  • Federal Bar Association

Recognition

  • The Best Lawyers in America, Lafayette Area Litigation - Environmental “Lawyer of the Year”, 2020 and 2022
  • The Best Lawyers in America, Environmental Litigation and Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions-Defendants, 2011 – Present
  • Acadiana Profile “Top Lawyer” in Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions and Environmental Law, 2020

LOTY Logo for Amy Allums Lee

Presentations

  • Presentation to the Lafayette Parish Bench Bar Conference: "Writ Applications to the Louisiana Supreme Court" (2003)
  • Guest lecturer, LSU Law School litigation skills class (2006 – 2010)

Publications

  • Gray, Patrick W. and Amy A. Lee, Current Issues on Joint Operating Agreements, 55th Mineral Law Institute (2008)
  • McNamara, Thomas M., Patrick W. Gray, and Amy E. Allums, Current Issues in the Scope of the Obligation to Restore Property After Oil & Gas Operations, 56 Center for American and International Law, Institute on Oil and Gas Law, pub. 640 (2005)
  • Allums, Amy E., Prytania Park Hotel, Ltd. v. General Star Indemnity Co.: How a Small Hotel Made a Big Difference in the Component Part Concept, 74 Tul. L. Rev. 1543 (2000)

News/Insights

News
8.19.21

74 Lawyers Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America 2022 Edition

Bar Admissions
Louisiana, 2001
All Federal District Courts, 2001
Education
Tulane University Law School, magna cum laude, 2001; Order of the Coif; Tulane Law Review; Trial Advocacy Award; Research assistant to Professor A.N. Yiannopoulos
Louisiana State University, B.A., cum laude, 1996
Clerkships

Law Clerk to the Honorable Catherine D. Kimball, Associate Justice, Louisiana Supreme Court (2001 - 2002)