Amy R. Paulus

Senior Fellow

Clausen Miller P.C.

Amy is the Liability Coverage and Reinsurance Practice Group Leader, a senior shareholder and member of the Board of Directors of Clausen Miller.  Amy has built a national reputation in all areas of liability insurance coverage law, professional liability, employment practices, transportation, claims handling issues and best practices, bad faith, excess insurance, intellectual property, cyber losses, and reinsurance matters and arbitrations.

Amy acts as lead counsel in insurance coverage cases in California, Illinois, Texas, Washington, Oregon, Arizona, Indiana, Ohio, Louisiana, Missouri, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Connecticut, North Carolina, Florida and Delaware.  Amy also regularly assists insurers in drafting new policy forms, coverages and in training claims professionals.

Demonstrating her commitment to, and deep understanding of, the insurance industry, Amy is a CPCU (Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter). She is also AV® PreeminentTM rated by Martindale-Hubbell. Her AV® rating is a reflection of her expertise, experience, integrity and overall professional excellence.

Amy is a Senior Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America Trial Lawyer Society, and a member of the CLM.  Leading Lawyers, Super Lawyers, Top Women Attorneys in Illinois—you name it, Amy has received the accolades.  However, Amy takes most pride in her recognized ability to incisively analyze her clients’ problems and develop practical solutions.  While Amy is a seasoned litigator and trial lawyer, she has settled hundreds of cases, often in unique ways, and frequently after early analysis reveals a path to early resolution.

Amy received a B.A. from Northwestern University in 1985.  In 1989, Amy received her Juris Doctor degree, magna cum laude, from Northern Illinois University College of Law, where she was a member of the Law Review.

Amy is admitted to practice before the Illinois Supreme Court, the United States District Courts for the Northern and Central Districts of Illinois, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, and is a member of the Chicago Bar Association.