Amy is a native of San Antonio and a graduate of the University of Texas School of Law. After law school, she worked as an associate with Joseph De Mott from 1994 to 1996 primarily handling employment-based immigration cases.
After a hiatus from the practice of law, she joined DMCA in 2012 where she has worked on both employment-based and family-based immigration matters of many kinds. Her employment-based immigration experience includes achievement visas (extraordinary ability EB-1, national interest waivers, and O-1 visas), PERM labor certification, business petitions, and non-immigrant visas including TN, H-1B, E-2, B1/B2, and F-1. Her affirmative experience includes family-based petitions, adjustment of status, consular processing, DACA, naturalization, citizenship, VAWA, U petitions, and removal of conditions. Amy is a Senior Attorney with DMCA and is committed to working alongside foreign nationals to achieve their immigration goals.
For several years, Amy taught Immigration Law to students at UTSA. Currently, she serves as the Treasurer on the State Bar Immigration & Nationality Council and as the AILA liaison to the San Antonio Field Office.
