Amy Drayton joined Dean & Gibson, PLLC in July of 2005. She focuses a significant portion of her practice on wrongful death, asbestos, and catastrophic injury defense litigation, as well as insurance coverage disputes, products liability and insurance defense.

Originally from Elizabethton, Tennessee, in 2000, she graduated Magna Cum Laude from Carson-Newman College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and Human Services. In 2004, she graduated Cum Laude from Thomas M. Cooley Law School, located in Lansing, Michigan. While in law school she served as the Symposium Editor for the Law Review, competed in National Moot Court Competition, and interned for Senior Judge Richard F. Suhrheinrich of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

Areas of Practice

• Asbestos
• Insurance Defense
• Civil Litigation
• Auto Accidents
• Personal Injury
• Premises Liability
• Bad Faith

Litigation Percentage

• 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions

• North Carolina, 2005
• Tennessee, 2004
• U.S. Bankruptcy Court – Western District of North Carolina, 2005
• U.S. District Court – Middle District of North Carolina, 2005
• U.S. District Court – Eastern District of North Carolina, 2005
• U.S. District Court – Eastern District of Pennsylvania
• U.S. District Court – Western District of North Carolina
• U.S. District Court – Middle District of North Carolina

Education

• Thomas M. Cooley Law School, Lansing, Michigan
  • J.D. cum laude - 2004
• Carson-Newman College, Jefferson City, Tennessee
  • B.A. magna cum laude - 2000
  • Major: Political Science
  • Major: Human Services

Professional Associations and Memberships

• North Carolina Bar Association, Member
• Mecklenburg County Bar Association, Member
• North Carolina State Bar, Member
• State Bar of Tennessee, Member