Amy Kathleen Maloney

Amy has focused on employment law since the beginning of her career. Starting out, she worked for one of the largest law firms in the country representing corporate employers. Although she learned early that helping corporations was not in her DNA, this experience was critical in forming her dynamic approach to enforcing the rights of employees. It gave her first-hand knowledge of how employers often try to cover their tracks so that they aren’t held accountable for illegal and unfair treatment of workers.

With a keen understanding that large employers usually use their size and muscle to push individuals to doubt their chances of success, Amy will not back down. She knows it takes courage to take on a corporation. She strives to help her clients understand what to expect throughout the legal process and to relieve their fears about being kicked around. She will protect her clients and their interests every step of the way. Amy knows her cases are not about her, but instead are about empowering her clients to obtain full justice.

Amy’s skill is evident in the results she has achieved for her clients in trials and settlement negotiations. She is regularly ranked as one of the leading attorneys in the field of employment law. She is recognized by the National Association of Distinguished Counsel, Nation’s Top 1%, and as the National Trial Lawyers Top 100 and Top 25 Women. Her peers regularly recognize her with the distinction of Super Lawyer. Her clients have given her a rating of 10 out of 10 by the peer and client-reviewed organization AVVO. Amy’s writings also have been published on a wide variety of topics. She was the Editor in Chief of the American Bar Association’s FLSA Supplement and a Member of the Eighth Circuit Committee on Model Jury Instructions, where she worked with judges and selected practitioners to draft model civil jury instructions for federal court.

• Washington, 2019
• Kansas, 2001
• Missouri, 2000
• U.S. District Court Western District of Washington
• U.S. District Court Western District of Missouri
• U.S. District Court District of Kansas
• U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit

• University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, Kansas City, Missouri
  • J.D. – 1999
  • Honors: With Distinction, Lead Literary Editor – UMKC Law Review
• University of Missouri at Kansas City
  • B.A. Sociology –  1994
  • Honors: With Distinction
• University of Georgia, Athens
  • 1986 – 1989

• Assistant to Mayor Emanuel Cleaver for Constituent Affairs
• Judicial Law Clerk 1999 – 2001 for the Hon. Fernando J. Gaitan, Jr., US District Court, WD MO
• Legal Research and Writing Teacher/Asst., UMKC

• National Advocates Top 100 Lawyers
• National Advocates Top 25 Women
• National Association of Distinguished Counsel, Nation’s Top 1%
• Super Lawyer, Employment Litigation (Plaintiff), 2014 – 2019
• Super Lawyer, 2018 Top 50 Women
• AVVO Rating (Peer and Client Reviewed): 10/10 “Superb”
• Appellate Advocate of the Year, Missouri Lawyers Weekly, 2013
• Missouri Bar Award for Ethics and Professionalism
• Graduate of the Missouri Bar Leadership Academy
• Vice Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Leadership and Achievement
• 7-Time Recipient of Westlaw’s Highest Grade

• Eighth Circuit Committee on Model Jury Instructions, Member, 2011 – 2017
• American Bar Association
• Washington Employment Lawyers Association
• American Association for Justice
• Washington State Bar Association (WSBA)
• Washington State Association for Justice
• Mother Attorneys Mentoring Association of Seattle (MAMA Seattle)
• Western District of Washington Bar Association

$6,400,000 – Sex discrimination against a pharmaceutical sales representative, verdict/judgment

$2,500,000 – Overtime violations for store managers

$1,650,000 – Disability discrimination by school district, verdict/judgment

$1,600,000 – Age discrimination and breach of fiduciary duty, verdict/judgment

$1,319,557 – Race discrimination in employment, verdict/judgment

$1,200,000 – Overtime violations for social workers

$875,000 – Retaliation against a government employee, verdict/judgment

$645,000 – Disability discrimination against city equipment operator, verdict/judgment

$630,000 – Sexual assault of a student

$630,000 – Failure to pay overtime to collection workers

$627,084 – Disability discrimination against office manager of nursing home, verdict/judgment

$525,000 – Sexual assault of a student

$550,000 – Sexual harassment and retaliation of long-term employee

$520,614 – Sexual harassment against government employee

$420,000 – Failure to pay overtime to employees misclassified as managers

$420,000 – Sexual harassment in a school environment

$370,000 – Breach of duty of good faith and fair dealing by grocery store cooperative

$368,000 – Sexual harassment and workplace bulling based on sexual orientation

$360,000 – Retaliation against nurse proctor for complaining of national origin discrimination