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Amy G.McClurg

Assistant Counsel
Cleveland

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Amy G.McClurg

Assistant Counsel

As a member of Thompson Hine’s Office of General Counsel, Amy conducts research and advises the firm’s lawyers on a variety of substantive legal ethics, privilege and liability issues. She also reviews and analyzes business intake conflicts, outside counsel guidelines and ethical screens; advises the firm’s lawyers on bar admissions matters; and provides guidance on ethical and liability issues to administrative departments throughout the firm. In addition, Amy has responsibility for co-editing Thompson Hine’s legal ethics blog, The Law for Lawyers Today, which has been named a top law blog by the ABA Journal.

Prior to joining the firm, Amy spent eight years working in the Child Support Unit of the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office, first as an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, then as a Managing Attorney.

Focus Areas

  • Co-presenter, “Staying Ethical When Growing a Practice: Avoiding Impermissible Client Solicitation by Third Parties; ABA FO 501,” Strafford, June 2024
  • Co-presenter, “Ethics 2024: Issues Arising From CTA, Joint Representation, AI, and UPL,” Strafford, February 2024
  • Presenter, “Socially Ethical: General Ethics Guide for Lawyers Using Social Media,” myLawCLE, January 2024
  • Co-presenter, “Multijurisdictional Practice & the Unauthorized Practice of Law,” Ethics 2023: Avoiding Hidden Hazards, Thompson Hine Attorney Conduct CLE, December 2023
  • Co-presenter, “Legal Ethics: Client Communications” myLawCLE, August 2023
  • “Taking the Ethical Path to 2023,” Parma Bar Association, December 2022
  • “A Guide to Navigating Ethical Concerns for the Estate Planning Attorney,” CMBA, October 2022
  • Co-presenter, “Impermissible Client Solicitation by Third Parties: ABA Formal Opinion 501, Client Pitches and Ethical Challenges,” Strafford Publications, August 2022
  • Co-presenter, “Underneath the Iceberg: What you may be missing in support proceedings,” Juvenile Court Symposium, November 2021
  • Co-presenter, “Child Support Collections: Our experience in attaching payment of back wages and damage awards in a class action employment law matter,” OCDA Fall Training, October 2021

Professional Associations

  • Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
  • Ohio State Bar Association

Education

  • Capital University Law School, J.D., 2012
  • The Ohio State University, B.A., 2009

Bar Admissions

  • Ohio