Amanda G. Taylor   |   Partner

Amanda was born and raised in Arlington, Texas, and has resided in Austin since 2004.  Following graduation from Baylor Law School, Amanda served the Third Court of Appeals as a law clerk for Justice Patterson and then as a staff attorney for Chief Justice Law.  Amanda joined Hohmann, Taube & Summers in 2007.  Her practice focuses on appeals, commercial litigation, and employment law. 

Since joining our firm, Amanda has served as lead counsel on approximately 10 appeals, has authored briefs in approximately 15 other appeals, and obtained a winning verdict as second-chair in a jury trial.  Amanda has also handled several dispositive motions, contested hearings, discovery proceedings, jurisdictional contests, and settlements, and she frequently serves as an appellate consultant at the trial stage.

EDUCATION

Baylor University School of Law, J.D., cum laude (2004)

• Law Review, associate editor
• Administrative Law Moot Court Team Member
• Dean's Academic Excellence Scholarship 2001-2004 
• W. Frank Newton Law Review Advocacy Award
• Health Care Litigation Advocacy Award

Vanderbilt University, B.A. (Political Science & Sociology), cum laude (2001)

• CASA Volunteer
• Kappa Delta Sorority

ADMISSIONS

• State Bar of Texas (2004)
• United States District Court for the Western District of Texas

AFFILIATIONS

• State Bar of Texas (Civil Appellate Section)
• Austin Bar Association (Civil Appellate and Civil Litigation Sections; Liaison to 2011-12 ABA Board)
• Texas Young Lawyers Association
• Austin Young Lawyers Association
• Travis County Women Lawyers Association (Board Member; Past-President)
• Travis County Women Lawyers Foundation (Board Member and Fellow)
• Women’s Resource Fair (Volunteer) 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & SPEECHES

“Administrative Case Law Update,” 8 Tex. Admin. L.J. 1 (Spring 2007)