Amy Hinzmann is a Senior Vice President of Discovery Strategy at DiscoverReady, LLC and leader of DiscoverReady’s Financial Services practice group. 

Prior to joining DiscoverReady, Amy served as Vice President and Counsel for Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc.  As counsel for Merrill’s brokerage business, Amy’s responsibilities included liaising between the business side and outside counsel in customer arbitrations and litigations in the United States and Latin America, including management of document collection and supervision of discovery responses.  Amy also spent six months with Merrill Lynch International Bank in London, where she served as counsel to Merrill Lynch’s brokerage in Europe, the Middle East and Asia.  In that role, Amy worked on a cross-jurisdictional investigation involving the Securities and Exchange Commission, Central Bank of Bahrain and Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority, managing document production and email retrieval.

Amy began her legal career as an attorney in the litigation group of Jenkens & Gilchrist, PC (now Hunton & Williams LLP).  Her litigation practice focused on the representation of brokerage firms before the NYSE and NASD.  

Amy was graduated with Honors from the University of Texas School of Law and is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Texas.  Amy is admitted to practice in Texas and New York.