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Amber D. Reece
Partner
AV® Preeminent™

areas OF PRACTICE

Business Litigation
Insurance Litigation

About

Amber

Amber has experience in a variety of practice areas focusing on complex commercial litigation. She has represented clients in commercial contract and lending disputes, consumer protection suits, prompt pay provider disputes, enforcement of non-compete and non-disclosure agreements, and matters related to title, life, health, and disability insurance in both federal and state courts. Amber has significant experience on cases relating to ERISA, the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act, and the Fair Credit Reporting Act. She is also certified by the International Association of Privacy Professionals as a Certified Information Privacy Professional—United States (CIPP/US) and has advised clients on responding to potential data breaches. Prior to joining Figari + Davenport, Amber served as a law clerk for the Honorable Richard A. Schell in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas for three years where she gained extensive experience analyzing varied and complex cases from initial filing through final judgment including jury trials. Amber plays an integral and active role in her cases, working to develop the facts of each case, drafting motions and briefs, and formulating case strategy.

Amber has experience in a variety of practice areas focusing on complex commercial litigation. She has represented clients in commercial contract and lending disputes, consumer protection suits, prompt pay provider disputes, enforcement of non-compete and non-disclosure agreements, and matters related to title, life, health, and disability insurance in both federal and state courts. Amber has significant experience on cases relating to ERISA, the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act, and the Fair Credit Reporting Act. She is also certified by the International Association of Privacy Professionals as a Certified Information Privacy Professional—United States (CIPP/US) and has advised clients on responding to potential data breaches. Prior to joining Figari + Davenport, Amber served as a law clerk for the Honorable Richard A. Schell in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas for three years where she gained extensive experience analyzing varied and complex cases from initial filing through final judgment including jury trials. Amber plays an integral and active role in her cases, working to develop the facts of each case, drafting motions and briefs, and formulating case strategy.

Honors + Highlights
  • Named in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America, 2024
  • 2018 Outstanding Female Lawyer – Small Firm, Dallas Women Lawyers Association
  • Named a Texas Rising Star (Texas Monthly, 2018-2022)
Education
  • J.D., SMU Dedman School of Law, magna cum laude, 2012
    Order of the Coif 
    Editor in Chief, SMU Law Review Association Journal of Air Law and Commerce, 2011-2012 
  • B.A., The University of Texas at Austin, 2002
Memberships + Admissions
  • State Bar of Texas
  • U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Eastern, Southern & Western Districts of Texas
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
  • Dallas Bar Association
    Morris Harrell Professionalism Committee, 2019 Chair
    Judiciary Committee, 2019 Co-Vice Chair, 2020 Co-Chair
    Ethics Committee
  • Texas Bar Foundation Fellow
  • Dallas Association of Young Lawyers Foundation Fellow
  • Dallas Association of Young Lawyers, 2016 Leadership Class
  • Attorneys Serving the Community Dallas Women Lawyers Association
  • Patrick E. Higginbotham American Inn of Court, Associate Member, 2015-2016
  • The William “Mac” Taylor American Inn of Court, Barrister Dallas Bar Foundation Fellow
  • Inaugural Advisory Board Member of the Women Lawyers of the Eastern District of Texas
  • International Association of Privacy Professionals — Certified Information Privacy Professional: United States (CIPP/US)
Publications + Speaking Engagements
  • Co-author, Annual Survey of Texas Law – Texas Civil Procedure, SMU Law Review, 2017-2019