Amy D. White

Amy White is a trial attorney whose state and federal practice is focused on business and commercial litigation, with specific experience in the area of product liability defense, especially cases involving tractors and other machinery. Her practice also includes appellate work, including the noteworthy case of Christian v. Gray, in which the Oklahoma Supreme Court adopted the Daubert standard of admissibility regarding expert testimony.

Amy's achievements have earned her inclusion in Oklahoma Super Lawyers' list of "Oklahoma Rising Stars," which recognizes the state’s top up-and-coming attorneys, and recognition as a "future star" by Benchmark Litigation. In 2012, she was named to Benchmark Litigation’s inaugural list of “Top 250 Women in Litigation,” and Oklahoma City University Law Review honored her with its Outstanding Alumna Award.

Prior to graduating cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Tennessee in 1997, Amy worked as an intern for the U.S. White House and also with the governor's office in Tennessee. She later served as a judicial extern for the Honorable Tim Leonard, U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Oklahoma while in law school.

• Obtained dismissal of a telecommunications defendant in a case where the plaintiff sought to impose liability on a cell phone retailer based on an automobile driver’s use of a cell phone at the time of the accident. Trial court’s decision affirmed on appeal by Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeal. The Estate of Doyle v. Sprint/Nextel Corp., 2011 OK CIV APP 22
• Obtained summary judgment for defendant, a manufacturer of agricultural tractors, in a product liability and personal injury action brought by the plaintiff who was run over while starting his tractor. Discovery revealed the neutral switch on the tractor had been bypassed with homemade wiring after it was first sold. Jerry Lee Oliver, Jr. v. CNH American LLC, et al, Case No. CJ-2009-30, District Court of Grant County, State of Oklahoma.
• Obtained summary judgment on behalf of affected landowners in an annexation dispute with an Oklahoma municipality. Oklahoma Farm Bureau, Inc., et al. v. City of Durant, Oklahoma, CV-07-00242 (Bryan County, Oklahoma).
• Obtained summary judgment for defendant pastor and church in defamation case. Judgment affirmed on appeal. Trice v. Burress, 2006 OK CIV APP 79, 137 P.3d 1253 
• Obtained summary judgment for defendant on all issues, including alleged design defects and failure to warn, in product liability and wrongful death claim involving rollover and fire on a Ford 8-N tractor. Wicker ex. rel. Estate of Wicker v. Ford Motor Co., 393 F. Supp. 2d 1229 (10th Cir. 2005)
• Persuaded the Oklahoma Supreme Court to adopt the Daubert standards for expert witnesses, paving the way for Oklahoma state courts to apply the Daubert line of cases in Oklahoma civil proceedings. Christian v. Gray, 2003 OK 10, 65 P.3d 591 
• Obtained defense verdict and judgment on counterclaim for manufacturer in trial over contract to design and manufacture a test stand for hydraulic valves. REN v. Case Corporation, U.S.D.C. Western Dist. OK (Case No. CIV-01-1262-R)