Amy Leete Leone

Amy was born in Silver Spring, Maryland in 1971. She was graduated from Springbrook High School and then attended the University of Richmond, where she was graduated, cum laude, in 1992, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art History.

For law school, Amy chose the University of Maryland School of Law, where she was an associate editor of The Business Lawyer, a joint publication of the University of Maryland School of Law and the American Bar Association's Section on Business Law. In her third year, she received the award for best work in Estate and Gift Taxation, and completed an internship with the Honorable Marvin J. Garbis of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. Amy was graduated, with honors, in 1995, at which time she began working for McCarthy Wilson.

Amy’s practice is concentrated on appellate litigation and insurance coverage disputes. Amy has argued numerous cases before the highest appellate courts in Maryland and the District of Columbia, as well as before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Amy’s reported cases include opinions that are important in the areas of insurance coverage, premises liability, products liability, dental malpractice, attorney’s fee awards, civil procedure, general tort law, and estates and trust law.

Amy and her husband, Chris, live with their sons, Andrew, Benjamin and Jack, in Great Falls, Virginia.

Memberships and Awards

• Montgomery County Bar Association
• Maryland State Bar Association
• American Bar Associations

Reported Cases

• Erie Ins. Exch. v. Heffernan, 399 Md. 598, 925 A.2d 636 (2007)
• Flores v. Bell, 398 Md. 27, 919 A.2d 716 (2007)
• Maddox v. Stone, 174 Md. App. 489, 921 A.2d 912 (2007)
• DeBoy v. City of Crisfield, 167 Md. App. 548, 893 A.2d 1189 (2006)
• Manor Country Club v. Flaa, 387 Md. 297, 874 A.2d 1020 (2005)
• Amatangelo v. Schultz, 870 A.2d 548 (D.C. 2005)
• Steele v. D.C. Tiger Mkt., 854 A.2d 175 (D.C. 2004)
• Montgomery County Bd. of Ed. v. Horace Mann Ins., 383 Md. 527, 860 A.2d 909 (2004)
• Flaa v. Manor Country Club, 158 Md. App. 483, 857 A.2d 604 (2004)
• Mont. Ct’y Bd. of Ed. v. Horace Mann Ins. Co., 154 Md.App. 502, 840 A.2d 220 (2003)
• Hodge v. Babel, 149 Md. App. 377, 815 A.2d 910 (2003)
• James v. Butler, 378 Md. 683, 838 A.2d 1180 (2003)
• Allstate Ins. Co. v. Kim, 376 Md. 276, 829 A.2d 611 (2003)
• Fry v. Carter, 375 Md. 341, 825 A.2d 1042 (2003)
• Gallegos v. Allstate Ins. Co., 372 Md. 748, 816 A.2d 102 (2003)
• Smith v. Cylus, 147 Md. App. 78, 807 A.2d 777 (2002)
• Gallegos v. Allstate Ins. Co., 144 Md. App. 213, 797 A.2d 795 (2002)
• Watts v. King, 143 Md. App. 293, 794 A.2d 723 (2002)
• Prince George's County v. Zenci, 367 Md. 431, 788 A.2d 636 (2002)
• I.J.G., Inc. v. Penn-America Ins. Co., 803 A.2d 430 (D.C. 2002)
• Holesapple v. Barrett, 5 Fed. Appx. 177 (4th Cir. 2001)
• Joswick v. Chesapeake Mobile Homes, Inc., 362 Md. 261, 765 A.2d 90 (2001)
• Diep v. Rivas, 357 Md. 668, 745 A.2d 1098 (2000)
• Seigneur v. National Fitness Inst., Inc., 132 Md. App. 271, 752 A.2d 631 (2000)
• Johnson v. Valu Food, Inc., 132 Md. App. 118, 751 A.2d 19 (2000)
• Joswick v. Chesapeake Mobile Homes, Inc., 130 Md. App. 493, 747 A.2d 214 (2000)
• Burdette v. Rockville Crane Rental Inc., 130 Md. App. 193, 745 A.2d 457 (2000)
• Wright v. Allstate Ins. Co., 128 Md. App. 694, 740 A.2d 50 (1999)
• Stancil v. Erie Ins. Co., 128 Md. App. 686, 740 A.2d 46 (1999)
• Diep v. Rivas, 126 Md. App. 133, 727 A.2d 448 (1999)
• Wells v. Polland, 120 Md. App. 699, 708 A.2d 34 (1998)
• Pettit v. Erie Ins. Exch., 349 Md. 777, 709 A.2d 1287 (1998)