Amy Groves Lowe

Amy Groves Lowe is a Partner at Taylor Porter, where she has a litigation practice in various areas of law, including insurance defense, labor and employment, education law, and administrative law.

Amy has been selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America in four areas: Education Law, Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, for her work representing universities and high schools in labor and employment issues and insurance defense; and Litigation – Insurance, for her work representing various insurers in areas including personal injury, contract disputes, constitutional claims, employment, and others. Amy was formerly selected by her peers as “Litigation – Insurance Lawyer of the Year in Baton Rouge” in the Best Lawyers in America 2020 rankings. In addition to representing multiple insurance companies, Amy was selected to represent Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association (“LIGA”) in defending litigation related to Hurricanes Laura, Delta, Zeta, and Ida.

Amy has more than 20 years of experience in representing public agencies, public employees and public officials in federal and state courts, in administrative hearings, and before the Louisiana Legislature. She has served as general counsel of the Louisiana State Board of Examiners of Psychologists for over 15 years, general counsel for the Louisiana Board of Examiners of Nursing Facility Administrators and has represented numerous other public agencies such as the Louisiana Board of Ethics, the Louisiana Board of Private Security Examiners and the Louisiana Board of Cosmetology. Amy has also served as an Administrative Law Judge for several state agencies in disciplinary hearings.

In addition to Amy’s litigation experience, she has a Master of Arts in Psychology from Louisiana State University. Amy has combined her expertise in these two areas by being frequently utilized as a jury consultant, assisting other litigators in jury selection, pre-trial research, and statistical analysis and serving as a litigation consultant in expert and lay witness preparation. In addition, Amy has conducted numerous CLEs and seminars on the issue of jury selection and effective and ethical presentation to juries and has been published in the Baton Rouge Bar Association journal on jury selection.

Amy has been named an Alumna of Distinction by her university, the LSU college of Human Sciences and Education, and her high school, University Laboratory School, and is a member of the Paul M. Hebert Law Center Hall of Fame. In law school, Amy was the winner of the Tullis Moot Court Competition.

In 2005, Amy Was named Baton Rouge Business Report’s “Top Forty Under 40” for her successes in her practice and her commitment to the professional and community scene in Baton Rouge. Amy is an alumnus of the Baton Rouge Chamber Leadership Baton Rouge class. Amy served as president of the Junior League of Baton Rouge and was selected as Sustainer of the Year in 2019. She is an active member of the First United Methodist Church where she serves as a trustee, Church Council Member, and Sunday School teacher for the Milestone class.

• Insurance Defense
• Selected to represent private association of insurance companies in defending hundreds of claims by insureds against insolvent companies following multiple hurricanes.
• Successfully defended State of Louisiana from personal injury lawsuit seeking over $20 million in damages. 5-day jury trial in 19th JDC.
• Successfully defended insurance company and insured from personal injury lawsuit seeking $3 million in damages. 3-day jury trial in 19th JDC.
• Successfully defended state board against claim brought by member seeking damages and injunctive relief for claims of constitutional violations. 19th JDC, successful appeal to La. 1st Cir. Ct. Appeal and La. Supreme Ct.
• Successfully defended personal injury case against high school brought by parents of minor child injured during physical education class with parents seeking over $1.0 million dollars. 6-day jury trial in 19th JDC, successful appeal to La. 1st Cir. Ct. Appeal and La. Supreme Ct.
• Successfully defended state in prisoner lawsuit based on constitutional violations while in prison. 2-day jury trial in USDC, Middle District of Louisiana.
• Selected jury for defendants who successfully defended claims in class action toxic torts case. 4-week jury trial in 22nd JDC, successful appeal to La. 1st Cir. Ct. Appeal.
• Labor and Employment
• Successfully defended university from sexual harassment claim brought by student against professor with student seeking millions of dollars. 5-day jury trial in 19th JDC, successful appeal to La. 1st Cir. Ct. Appeal and La. Supreme Ct.
• Successfully defended university from wrongful termination claim brought by professor seeking reinstatement and damages. 4-day jury trial in 19th JDC, successful appeal to La. 1st Cir. Ct. Appeal and La. Supreme Ct.
• Successfully appealed adverse judgment of Civil District Court against university hospital for wrongful termination of employee. Appellate court agreed with employer that termination was lawful and negated damages award. La. 4th Cir. Ct. Appeal.
• Successfully defended university from gender discrimination claim brought by professor seeking reinstatement and damages. 5-day jury trial in 19th JDC, successful appeal to La. 1st Cir. Ct. Appeal.
• Jury Consulting
• Selected jury for plaintiffs in class action case against employer who settled with defendants during trial for over $1.5 million in breach of fiduciary duty/fraud case.
• Selected jury for defendant in criminal indictment trial by US Attorney’s Office which resulted in acquittal on all counts.
• Designed and developed a color coding system to identify target jurors for criminal trial. This system is still being used by attorneys to select juries and avoid Batson challenges.
• Designed jury questionnaires and performed focus group research for defendant in class action litigation in which plaintiffs sued a chemical company following an explosion at their plant.
• Researched target jurors for civil and criminal litigation based on specific facts of the case.
• Advised attorneys on how to question prospective jurors on specific issues in their case.
• Worked with “shadow jurors” in evaluating progress of case during trial.

• Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center, J.D., 1997
• Louisiana State University, M.A.,1994
• Louisiana State University, B.S., 1992

• Louisiana, 1997

• Louisiana State Bar Association
• Baton Rouge Bar Association
• American Society of Trial Consultants

• AV-Preeminent Rated by Martindale Hubbell
• Best Lawyers in America – “Litigation – Insurance Lawyer of the Year in Baton Rouge,” 2020
• Best Lawyers in America – Education Law, Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation Insurance
• Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University, Hall of Fame, 1997
• University High School Alumni Hall of Distinction, 2019 Alumna of Distinction, LSU College of Human Sciences and Education, 2019
• Sustaining Member of the Year, Junior League of Baton Rouge, 2019
• “Top Forty Under 40” – Baton Rouge Business Report, 2005

• “Balancing the Scales,” Louis Martinet Legal Society, 2021
• “Voir Dire: Selling Themes and Deselecting Jurors,” Louisiana State Bar Association Jazz Fest CLE, 2019
• “CLE By the Hour: Ethics in Jury Selection,” Baton Rouge Bar Association, 2018
• “Anatomy of a Jury Trial,” Louisiana State Bar Association VooDoo CLE Seminar, 2017 and 2018
• “The Rules of Evidence: A Practical Toolkit,” National Business Institute Seminar, 2017
• “The Law of Jury Selection” and “How Jurors Think: What Every Litigator Needs to Know,” National Business Institute Voir Dire and Jury Selection Seminar, 2016

• University Laboratory School Foundation (Past Board General Counsel, Cub Club Past President)
• Chi Omega National Fraternity (State Recruitment Information Chair)
• Junior League of Baton Rouge (Sustaining Advisor; Former President)
• First United Methodist Church (Church Council Member and Trustee)