Amy Weil
Amy Levin Weil has been in private practice since 2008, after having served for 25 years as a federal prosecutor in the United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia, United States Department of Justice. For 18 years, she served as Chief of the Appellate Division, supervising the appellate work of over 70 lawyers. Ms. Weil also served as as the office’s Senior Litigation Counsel. As a federal prosecutor, she prosecuted a wide range of violent crime and drug cases in the General Crimes Section of the Criminal Division and represented the United States in civil litigation as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Civil Division.
Ms. Weil has argued and briefed hundreds of cases before the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, five of which she argued before the full court sitting en banc. In 2018, she was appointed by the United States Supreme Court to brief and argue before the Court as amicus curiae in defense of the judgment below in Culbertson v. Berryhill, 586 U.S. 53 (2018).
Valued for her experience, Ms. Weil was inducted as a Fellow of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers (AAAL) in 2016. Membership in AAAL, which is limited to 500 members, is reserved for experienced appellate advocates who have demonstrated the highest level of skill and integrity. Ms. Weil has served on the AAAL’s Board of Directors since 2020, and currently serves as President.
While at the Department of Justice, Ms. Weil was appointed by the Attorney General of the United States to serve on the Department of Justice's Appellate Chiefs Working Group (ACWG), which advises the Attorney General on appellate matters and helps shape legal positions for the Department of Justice. Ms. Weil also received the highest honor awarded by the Executive Office for United States Attorneys, the Department of Justice Director's Award, in recognition of her appellate work. Since 2008, Ms. Weil has consistently been named a Georgia Super Lawyer in appellate law by Atlanta Magazine, and in 2016 was named to the Top 50 Women Lawyers in Georgia.
Ms. Weil also has been an active member of the appellate bar. In 1998, she was appointed by the Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit to serve on the Eleventh Circuit Lawyers Advisory Committee (LAC), which advises the Court on proposed rules of practice. Ms. Weil served on the LAC for nine years, the last four years as Chair of the Committee. Ms. Weil served as Chair of the Appellate Practice Section of the State Bar of Georgia, and was instrumental in establishing and organizing the Eleventh Circuit Appellate Practice Institute (ECAPI), a biennial appellate seminar sponsored by the Appellate Practice Sections of the Alabama, Florida and Georgia Bar Associations.
Ms. Weil also has been active in local bar and community activities. Since 2002, Ms. Weil has served on the Executive and Advisory Committees of the Atlanta Chapter of the Federal Bar Association and has served as the Chapter's President. She has served as a member of the Emory University Board of Governors, on the Emory University Law School Advisory Board (formerly the Law School Council), which advises the Dean of the Law School. She served as a member of the Executive Committee of the Emory Law Alumni Association (ELAA), and as President of the ELAA. Ms. Weil has been active with the Atlanta Legal Aid Society, and is a member of the Lawyer's Club of Atlanta, the Eleventh Circuit Historical Society and the United States Supreme Court Historical Society.
Ms. Weil has authored several articles on appellate practice, criminal law and sentencing, and is a frequent speaker and television commentator.