Amy Joseph Coles
Partner
Duane Morris LLP
600 Grant Street, Suite 5010
Pittsburgh, PA 15219-2802
USA
Phone: +1 412 497 1082
Fax: +1 412 202 3833
Email: amjoseph@duanemorris.com

Amy Joseph Coles is a member of the Trial Practice Group who practices primarily in the areas of general commercial litigation, construction litigation, complex civil litigation and class action defense work. Ms. Coles has handled a wide range of litigation disputes for construction owners, contractors, subcontractors and material suppliers. She has also represented banks, financial services providers, healthcare corporations and pharmaceutical companies in both state and federal cases.

Ms. Coles has been recognized by her peers as a Pennsylvania Rising Star in 2007, 2008 and 2010.

Ms. Coles is a 2002 magna cum laude graduate of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, where she was managing editor of the Journal of Law and Commerce, and a cum laude graduate of Allegheny College. She served as judicial law clerk for the Hon. Gary L. Lancaster of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.

Areas of Practice

• Commercial Litigation
• Construction Litigation

Professional Activities

• Pennsylvania Bar Association
• Allegheny County Bar Association
  - Young Lawyers Division
  - Construction Law Section
  --- Section Council, 2010-2013
• Adjunct Professor, Duquesne Law School Trial Advocacy Class, 2012

Admissions

• Pennsylvania
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Education

• University of Pittsburgh School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 2002
• Allegheny College, B.S., cum laude, 1998

Experience

• Duane Morris LLP
  - Partner, 2011-present
  - Associate, 2007-2010
• Reed Smith LLP
  - Associate, 2002-2007

Civic and Charitable Activities

• Project Eviive, Co-Chairman
• Family House Charity Polotini Event, Sub-Committee Chair
• Pittsburgh Steelers Charity Fashion Show Committee

Honors and Awards

• Listed in Pennsylvania Super Lawyers, 2007, 2008 and 2010

Selected Publications

• Co-author, "Audit Provisions in Private Construction Contracts: Which Costs Are Subject to Audit, Who Bears the Expense of the Audit, and Who Has the Burden of Proof on Audit Claims?" Journal of the American College of Construction Lawyers, Summer 2012
• Author, "Contractors Beware," Building & Bonding: The Construction Group Newsletter, Fall 2008
• Co-Author, Design-Build Deskbook, 4th Edition
• Co-Author, "Pennsylvania Court Rules HMO Compensation Formula and Data Are Confidential Trade Secrets," Health Law Monitor, Fall 2002, Vol. VII