Amy Bruchs is a partner working primarily in the employment, labor and litigation areas, with emphasis in employment and labor litigation. Ms. Bruchs advises and assists employers with both unionized and non-unionized work forces with the day-to-day issues that arise from managing employees. She also has extensive experience handling grievance arbitrations and litigation involving discrimination, breach of contract, non-competition agreements, workers’ compensation, wage and hour issues, insurance coverage disputes, unfair labor practice issues and various other employment and business-related issues.

Amy began her practice with the firm in 1993. Since that time, Amy has been active in numerous presentations and seminars involving employment-related issues, including workers’ compensation, discrimination, and preventing sexual harassment.

Representative Work

Representative Cases
Venturelli v. ARC Community Services, __ F.3d __, 2003 WL 22805614 (7th Cir. 2003)(affirmed grant of summary judgment on behalf of employer in pregnancy discrimination case); Tinder v. Pinkerton Security, 305 F.3d 728 (7th Cir. 2002) (affirmed dismissal of plaintiff’s discrimination complaint because of mandatory arbitration policy); United States v. Ritsema, 31 F.3d 559 (7th Cir. 1996).

Professional Activities

Member, State Bar of Wisconsin

Member, American Bar Association

Member, Dane County Bar Association

Board of Directors, Wisconsin Center for Manufacturing Productivity

Board of Directors, Family Service

Board of Directors, Vice President, ARC Community Services