Practice Area:Business, Contract, Discrimination, Employment, Partnership Disputes, Sexual Harassment, Wage & Hour, Workplace, Wrongful Termination
Amy Coopman is a skilled mediator with more than 27 years of state and federal litigation and dispute resolution experience that helps parties build bridges to resolve their disputes. Amy has a track record of national leadership on employment law issues, and has developed a wide range of experience on the insurance and defense side of business and personal injury matters while working for 15 years at a prominent Kansas City law firm representing individuals, businesses and insurance companies in complex litigation throughout the United States.
Amy’s background also makes her well-suited to mediate challenging education and nonprofit philanthropy disputes. Amy instills trust and confidence in the mediation process, and assists parties in mediating a wide variety of civil disputes, including:
Employment
Workplace
Discrimination
Wage and hour
Safety and health
Wrongful Termination
Education
Personal Injury
Premises liability
Medical malpractice
Business
Contracts
Partnership disputes
Her mediation philosophy is guided by the Three P’s: Professionalism, Patience, and Persistence. Her words and actions show respect for all parties, representatives and attorneys involved in the mediation. They trust her, and as a result, trust themselves to achieve favorable outcomes, even when the stakes are high, the matter is complex, and the parties appear unyielding. Amy is professional, patient and persistent, and these qualities result in a high rate of mediation success.
Education
University of Kansas School of Law, J.D., 1995
University of Kansas, Bachelor of Arts (BA), English, With Highest Distinction, summa cum laude, 1992
Certifications
Qualified Neutral, Missouri S. Ct. R. 17
Approved Mediator, Kansas S. Ct. R. 901
Approved Outside Mediator, W.D. Mo., D. Kan.
Approved FINRA Arbitrator
Admissions
Kansas, state and federal
Missouri, state and federal
Eighth and Tenth Circuit Courts of Appeal
U.S. Supreme Court
Professional Affiliations and Memberships
National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals, Kansas Chapter
Association of Missouri Mediators
Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
Kansas Bar Association, Alternate Dispute Resolution Section
