Amy DeRouin

Amy DeRouin is a managing attorney with Christopher Trainor & Associates in the White Lake, Michigan, area, focusing on employment, civil rights, and personal injury litigation. She represents people pursuing claims against employers, public officials, insurers, and other defendants. Her employment practice includes wrongful termination, retaliation, discrimination, and harassment matters. She also handles constitutional rights and injury disputes, bringing experience in trial litigation and federal appeals to significant claims.

Amy earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics Management and Political Science, magna cum laude, from Albion College. She later received her Juris Doctorate, cum laude, from Thomas M. Cooley Law School. During her legal education, she participated in Law Review and completed a clerkship at a Lansing law firm. Her academic training supports legal research and appellate analysis, skills that feature in her employment and civil rights litigation work.

Amy’s experience includes a $1.7 million whistleblower verdict and participation in a $5.2 million Wayne County jury verdict involving a vehicle collision. She also helped secure a $2.8 million result after a serious injury caused by a dog. In federal civil rights litigation, she participated in the published Sixth Circuit decision in Ouza v. City of Dearborn Heights and argued the appeal in Rhodes v. Michigan, which later resolved for $300,000.

Amy DeRouin received Michigan Super Lawyers Rising Stars recognition from 2019 through 2025 and was named among Top Women Attorneys in Michigan by Hour Detroit. Her courtroom and appellate experience gives her a background in presenting both factual disputes and legal challenges. She helps clients evaluate the evidence supporting their claims and pursue remedies for alleged violations of workplace rights, civil liberties, or personal safety.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Christopher Trainor & Associates
• Member, State Bar of Michigan

Licensed State

• Michigan

Education

• Thomas M. Cooley Law School
  Juris Doctor (JD) (Cum Laude)
• Albion College
  Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Economics Management and Political Science (Magna Cum Laude)

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