Overview
As the Director of Practice Management and Attorney Development, Amy Simmons is responsible for helping shape the firm’s practice management strategies and fostering a culture of continuous learning and development.
Amy also directs and is involved in all of the firm’s diversity, equity, and inclusion and attorney development initiatives. In this capacity, Amy manages the firm’s associate shadowing, mentoring, internal training, and pro bono programs, as well as the attorney evaluation process and annual diversity reception.
Her other responsibilities include:
- Working with the firm’s Chief Marketing Officer to plan the annual partner meeting and the biennial associate summit;
- Staffing the firm’s Diversity and Professional Development Committee, a board-level committee;
- Collaborating with the firm’s practice steering committees to create and implement recruitment and development strategies; and
- Assisting with the attorney billing rate, compensation, and bonus processes.
Amy has more than 25 years of history and career experience with Epstein Becker Green: Before focusing her career on practice management and attorney development, she spent over 20 years focused on attorney recruitment and served five years as a marketing manager for the firm’s Health Care & Life Sciences practice.
Credentials
Education
- Shepherd University (B.S., Business Administration)