Amy Jensen focuses her practice in the area of labor and employment law. She is actively involved in all aspects of litigation, and has arbitrated and mediated numerous matters, as well as tried cases in both state and federal courts.

In her employment law practice Ms. Jensen handles matters involving discrimination, harassment, disability and retaliation claims. She defends claims in both state and federal courts, as well as before governmental agencies, including the Labor Commissioner, Department of Fair Employment and Housing and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Ms. Jensen also counsels and advises employers in making employment and risk management decisions, and also assists her clients in developing and implementing processes consistent with their business objectives and applicable labor laws. Her clients include employers in both the public and private sectors.

As part of her labor and employment practice, Ms. Jensen handles a substantial amount of class action litigation involving wage and hour claims, including meal and rest breaks, overtime claims (both off-the-clock and time shaving claims) and uniform charges, among others. This part of her practice also includes challenging and seeking dismissal of claims, opposing class certification and resolution of claims through settlement.

Ms. Jensen also handles business and commercial disputes and other complex litigation matters, including appellate matters.

Ms. Jensen is a Voluntary Settlement Conference Officer for the Los Angeles Superior Court. As such, she works with litigants to attempt to craft resolution short of trial through voluntary settlement conferences. Ms. Jensen joined Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP as an associate in May 2004. Previously she was a law clerk with the firm in 2002.

She served as a research attorney for two Los Angeles Superior Court judges and was also previously an associate with the law firm of Simkin & Associates in Los Angeles.

Prior to her legal career, Ms. Jensen worked in the airline, banking and hospitality industries, as well as in the corporate world.

Ms. Jensen is a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association (Labor and Employment Section), the American Bar Association and Professionals in Human Resources.

In 2011, Ms. Jensen was named to the Rising Stars list by Southern California Super Lawyers and Rising Stars magazine. Ms. Jensen is a member of the 2010 – 2011 Editorial Board of Los Angeles Lawyer. She is a co-author of “Miscellaneous Claims,” a chapter in the Third Edition of Architect and Engineer Liability: Claims Against Design Professionals, published by Aspen. She is also a regular contributor to Hinshaw’s Employment Practices Alert newsletter and its California Employment Alert.

Her other publications include:

• “Applying Judicial Estoppel to Disability Discrimination Claims,” co-author, Los Angeles Lawyer, December 2010."
• "Copy Protection of CDs: The Recording Industry's Latest Attempt at Preventing the Unauthorized Digital Distribution of Music," Comment, John Marshall Journal of Computer and Information Law, Volume 21.2 (Winter 2003).

Ms. Jensen’s presentations include:

• “The Double-Edged Sword of Social Media,” Hinshaw’s 2010 Annual Labor & Employment Seminar, Hoffman Estates, Illinois, October 2010.
• “Navigating the Minefield of Damages in Employment Litigation: Working with Attorneys to Evaluate Potential Exposure, Liability and Damages,” California Society of CPA’s Litigation Section, Economic Damages, Los Angeles, California, August 2010.
• “Avoiding Liability When You Discover that an Applicant or Employee has a Criminal History or has been Charged with a Crime,” Council on Education in Management live teleconference, June 2010, October 2009, July 2009 and May 2009.
• “How to Prepare a Legally Compliant EEO-1 Report,” Council on Education in Management, live webinar, May 2010.
• “Payroll: How to Legally Handle Tax Levies and Wage Garnishments,” Business & Legal Reports, live webinar, March 2010.
  “Wage and Hour Enforcement – Trends and Regulatory Changes: Kicking Off a New Decade,” Business & Legal Reports, live webinar, March 2010.
• “Wage and Hour Law Update,” Employment Development Division and Imperial Valley Employer Advisory Council, Imperial, California, February 2010.
• “FMLA and ADA Compliance and Best Practices,” Council on Education in Management’s Certificate Program in FMLa and ADA Compliance and Best Practices, Newport Beach, California, February 2010.
• “The New ‘Look’ of Retirement and What it Means for the Workplace,” Council on Education in Management, live webinar, February 2010.
• "DOT Drug and Alcohol Regulations: The How and Why of Compliance for Today's Workforce," Council on Education in Management, live teleconference, December 2009.
• "What to Do When FMLA Leave Comes to an End: Managing Hairy Return-to-Work and Termination Issues," Council on Education in Management, live teleconference, October 2009.
• "How to Prepare a Legally Compliant EEO-1 Report," Council on Education in Management, live teleconference, September 2009.
• “Using Medical Experts to Determine if an Employee is Disabled and Whether a Reasonable Accommodation Exists,” Council on Education in Management, live teleconference, July 2009.
• “Ethics,” Orange County Bankruptcy Foundation, Irvine, California, January 2009.
• “So You Think You Know Your Ethics?” for the Greater Los Angeles Chapter of the Association of Legal Administrators, Los Angeles, California, December 2008.
• “The Alphabet Soup of Leaves,” California Employment Development Department’s Employer’s Advisory Counsel, Imperial, California, October 2008.

Ms. Jensen frequently serves as a judge for undergraduate and law school mock trial and moot court competitions, scoring competitive oral arguments and appellate briefs.

She is an active mentor in Volunteers in Parole Mentoring, a California State Bar program.