Amy graduated from the University of Strathclyde in 2011 with an LL.B (Honours) Degree in Scots Law and with a Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Legal Practice in 2012. During her career Amy has practiced in both private and public sectors.
She practiced as a defence Solicitor for a period of 5 years post qualification. During that time, she also gained experience of child law, mental health law, parole boards, adults with incapacity and family law. She undertook training to become a family law mediator. As a criminal defence solicitor, she regularly conducted trials at summary and solemn level appearing in Sheriff Courts throughout Scotland. She regularly instructed Counsel in the High Court of Justiciary in murder and sexual offences cases.
From 2019, Amy was employed by the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service as a Procurator Fiscal Depute. She was quickly promoted to Senior Procurator Fiscal Depute. She gained substantial litigation experience prosecuting complex and high-profile cases predominantly at solemn level. She was the lead of the Glasgow Local Court equalities network. She was a member of the Bairns Hoose implementation Group. She also sat on the Scottish Strategic Joint Investigative Interview Steering Group which was instrumental in changing the way children are interviewed by Police and Social Work.
Prior to calling to the Bar in 2025, Amy was a Principal Procurator Fiscal Depute where she managed a team of deputes and case preparers specialising in sexual, domestic and complex offending at solemn level.
Amy was the lead tutor of Criminal Litigation on the Diploma in Professional Legal Practice at the University of Strathclyde. She was also a tutor in Advanced Criminal Advocacy from 2019 until 2024.
In November 2024, Amy obtained a Postgraduate Diploma in Forensic Medical Sciences from the University of Strathclyde and the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries in London.