Overview
Amelie Hopkins is an associate in Fisher Phillips’ Portland, Maine office who represents businesses, schools and universities in a variety of employment-related matters, including responding to and defending against allegations of employment discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and wage and hour violations. She also collaborates with clients to ensure their policies and procedures comply with applicable employment laws.
Before joining Fisher Phillips, Amelie practiced in the Boston office of a global law firm, where she advised and defended clients in complex litigation and government enforcement actions and investigations. This included representing companies and officers in employment disputes involving non-disclosure agreements, restrictive covenants, wrongful termination, and executive compensation. Her experience includes managing various stages of litigation, from discovery and motion practice through expert witness coordination and settlement negotiations.
Amelie also brings a strong background in education, having taught English, Social Studies, Math Intervention, and Alternative Education classes in middle and high schools in both Maine and Nashville, Tennessee. During law school, she interned with the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office, including work on matters involving higher education accreditation. At Columbia Law School, Amelie served as Editor-in-Chief of the Columbia Journal of Transnational Law and was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.
*Amelie is admitted to practice in Massachusetts. She is not admitted in Maine but is supervised by a licensed bar member in this state.