Amy M. Keating - Cleveland, OH

Overview

Awards and Honors

Super Lawyers® Selectees

Super Lawyers® is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The patented selection process includes independent research, peer nominations, and peer evaluations. The number provided represents the number of attorneys at the firm that have been selected to the Super Lawyers or Rising Stars lists.

Amy M. Keating included in a Super Lawyers® list

Education

• Legal Education

  • Cleveland State University, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland, Ohio, 2006
    J.D.
    Honors: summa cum laude
    Law Review: Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Research Editor, 2004 - 2006

• Non Legal Education

  • John Carroll University, University Heights, OH, 2003
    B.A.
    Honors: magna cum laude
    Major: English

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner

Classes and Seminars

• Adjunct Professor of International Law, School of Law, Case Western Reserve University, 2017–2018
  
• Co-Presenter, Navigating Tax Law Changes in Divorce, a collaboration with Luma Wealth, October 2019
  
• Presenter and Event Organizer, The New Frontier of Spousal Support, “What Every Practitioner Needs To Know,” a collaboration between the Ohio Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, February 18, 2019
  
• Co-Presenter, Abducted Children Caught in the Ohio Judicial System: New Precedent and New Ways of Thinking about Child Custody Jurisdiction, Judicial Conference of the Eighth Judicial District of Ohio, May 8, 2015

Pro Bono Activities

• Volunteer Lawyer for the Legal Aid Society of Cleveland
• Volunteer for Building Hope in the City

Representative Cases

• Golan v. Saada, 833 Fed. Appx. 829, (2022)
• Arimitsu v. Cook, 141 S.Ct. 1514 (2021) Docket No 20-864: certiorari denied
• Monasky v. Taglieri, 589 US_2020
• Monasky v. Taglieri, U.S., No. 18-935, certiorari granted June 10, 2019.
• Taglieri v. Monasky, 907 F.3d 404 (6th Cir. 2018) (en banc), cert. pending, No. 18-935 (U.S. Jan. 18, 2019).
• Taglieri v. Monasky, No. 16-4128, 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 5408 (6th Cir. Mar. 2, 2018) (en banc).
• Taglieri v. Monasky, No. 16-4128, (6th Cir. argued May 3, 2017).
• Taglieri v. Monasky, No. 16A557, (U.S. dismissed December 9, 2016). Motion to Stay Denied by Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan.
• Taglieri v. Monasky, No. 1:15-CV-00947, 2016 WL 8135530, (N.D. Ohio Jan. 25, 2016).

Published Works

Articles

• Defining “Habitual Residence” in the Hague Convention, Family Lawyer Magazine, May 6, 2020
  
• The United States as a Refuge State for Child Abductors: Why the United States’ Fails to Meet Its Own Expectations Relative to the Hague Convention, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF MATRIMONIAL LAWYERS, Vol. 28, 2015 No. 1 (University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Law)
  
• Filling the Gaps with Public Policy: The Application of the Hague Convention Protocol in US Courts in the Absence of a Co-Signing State, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LAW, POLICY AND THE FAMILY 2014 (Oxford University)
  

Bar Admissions

• Ohio, 2006
• Michigan
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Ohio
• Supreme Court of the United States of America

Specialties and Certifications

• OSBA Certified Specialist in Family Relations Law

Other Affiliations

• Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, Family Law Section, Executive Committee Member (2012-present), Co-Chair (for 2014-2015)
• Chambers and Partners, Chambers Global Practice Guide, Family Law 2024, Contributor