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Amie Vague is an accomplished trial lawyer who brings an individualized strategy to each case.

Amie maintains a varied practice that includes trial and appellate matters involving product liability, consumer fraud, medical malpractice, professional liability, commercial litigation, employment law, and white-collar criminal defense and corporate investigations. She represents clients across a range of industries, including automotive, transportation, pest control and healthcare. 

Handling matters in forums nationwide, Amie tailors her approach and strategy to meet each client’s unique needs and goals. When the stakes are highest, she brings a calm and steady presence to her work, identifying solutions that account for a client’s business as a whole. 

Amie has successfully represented clients in a variety of high-stakes matters, including: 

  • Delivering an oral argument before the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to secure defense victories in racial and age discrimination cases for Morris-Shea, a deep foundation contractor.
  • Securing dismissal for a sales executive of Pilgrim’s Pride after the client was targeted by the Department of Justice in a price-fixing enforcement action.
  • Obtaining summary judgment for Mintz Levin when the firm faced a legal malpractice suit regarding advice they provided to a biotech company.
  • Earning a judgment as a matter of law on behalf of a cardiologist accused of medical malpractice
  • Numerous favorable arbitration settlements for a leading national pest control company.

Since joining Lightfoot in 2015, Amie has served on the firm’s recruiting committee and was named hiring partner in 2025. In that role, she leads Lightfoot’s recruiting programs and oversees the professional development of new lawyers, directly shaping the future of the firm. 

Amie has been recognized by Thomson Reuters' Super Lawyers every year since 2017 and was included in the Birmingham Business Journal’s Women to Watch list in 2023 and NextGen: Law group in 2021. Benchmark Litigation named Amie a “Future Star” in 2024, and The Best Lawyers in America © has recognized Amie in its “Ones to Watch” rankings for Appellate, Commercial Litigation from 2021-2026.

Outside of the office, Amie enjoys spending time with her wife and raising farm animals on their property outside of Birmingham.

 

 

Representative Matters

Defending the Birmingham-based deep foundation contractor Morris-Shea in a case brought under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Won a motion for summary judgement dismissing 21 of the initial 22 claims. After a three-day trial on the remaining claim, secured a federal jury verdict fully in favor of Morris-Shea.

Successfully petitioning the Alabama Supreme Court for a mandamus order directing the trial court to dismiss a taxpayer action against an international corporation.

Arguing a motion for judgment as a matter of law in the successful defense of an Alabama cardiologist in a wrongful death action with a trial team of all women lawyers. The plaintiff alleged that the physician improperly prescribed a drug that caused toxicity and the patient’s death. At the close of plaintiff’s case before the jury, the trial court granted the defense’s motion for judgment as a matter of law and entered judgment in favor of the cardiologist.

Representing a multinational conglomerate in a case involving the interpretation of the New York Convention and international arbitration. The case went to the U.S. Supreme Court, where a Washington, D.C. firm assisted in the briefing and argument process. The Supreme Court ruled in our client’s favor.

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Amie Vague is an accomplished trial lawyer who brings an individualized strategy to each case.

Amie maintains a varied practice that includes trial and appellate matters involving product liability, consumer fraud, medical malpractice, professional liability, commercial litigation, employment law, and white-collar criminal defense and corporate investigations. She represents clients across a range of industries, including automotive, transportation, pest control and healthcare. 

Handling matters in forums nationwide, Amie tailors her approach and strategy to meet each client’s unique needs and goals. When the stakes are highest, she brings a calm and steady presence to her work, identifying solutions that account for a client’s business as a whole. 

Amie has successfully represented clients in a variety of high-stakes matters, including: 

  • Delivering an oral argument before the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to secure defense victories in racial and age discrimination cases for Morris-Shea, a deep foundation contractor.
  • Securing dismissal for a sales executive of Pilgrim’s Pride after the client was targeted by the Department of Justice in a price-fixing enforcement action.
  • Obtaining summary judgment for Mintz Levin when the firm faced a legal malpractice suit regarding advice they provided to a biotech company.
  • Earning a judgment as a matter of law on behalf of a cardiologist accused of medical malpractice
  • Numerous favorable arbitration settlements for a leading national pest control company.

Since joining Lightfoot in 2015, Amie has served on the firm’s recruiting committee and was named hiring partner in 2025. In that role, she leads Lightfoot’s recruiting programs and oversees the professional development of new lawyers, directly shaping the future of the firm. 

Amie has been recognized by Thomson Reuters' Super Lawyers every year since 2017 and was included in the Birmingham Business Journal’s Women to Watch list in 2023 and NextGen: Law group in 2021. Benchmark Litigation named Amie a “Future Star” in 2024, and The Best Lawyers in America © has recognized Amie in its “Ones to Watch” rankings for Appellate, Commercial Litigation from 2021-2026.

Outside of the office, Amie enjoys spending time with her wife and raising farm animals on their property outside of Birmingham.

 

 

Representative Matters

Defending the Birmingham-based deep foundation contractor Morris-Shea in a case brought under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Won a motion for summary judgement dismissing 21 of the initial 22 claims. After a three-day trial on the remaining claim, secured a federal jury verdict fully in favor of Morris-Shea.

Successfully petitioning the Alabama Supreme Court for a mandamus order directing the trial court to dismiss a taxpayer action against an international corporation.

Arguing a motion for judgment as a matter of law in the successful defense of an Alabama cardiologist in a wrongful death action with a trial team of all women lawyers. The plaintiff alleged that the physician improperly prescribed a drug that caused toxicity and the patient’s death. At the close of plaintiff’s case before the jury, the trial court granted the defense’s motion for judgment as a matter of law and entered judgment in favor of the cardiologist.

Representing a multinational conglomerate in a case involving the interpretation of the New York Convention and international arbitration. The case went to the U.S. Supreme Court, where a Washington, D.C. firm assisted in the briefing and argument process. The Supreme Court ruled in our client’s favor.

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Top 10 Q&A for Product Liability Class Actions

Pepperdine University School of Law (J.D., cum laude)

Lipscomb University (B.A., summa cum laude)

Alabama

Tennessee

U.S. Supreme Court

U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee

Supreme Court of Alabama

Judge Camille R. McMullen, Tennessee State Court of Criminal Appeals

Alabama Defense Lawyers Association (ADLA)

Alabama State Bar

Birmingham Bar Association, Future Leaders Forum (2018)

Defense Research Institute (DRI)

Tennessee State Bar

Benchmark Litigation, “Future Star” (2024)

The Best Lawyers in America© "Ones to Watch" by BL Rankings —  Appellate, Commercial Litigation (2021-26)

Birmingham Business Journal, “Women to Watch” (2023)

Birmingham Business Journal, “NextGen: Law” (2021)

Mid-South Super Lawyers by Thomson Reuters, “Rising Star” — Business Litigation (2017-19), Product Liability (2020-24)

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