Amy Worrell Sterling

2006, Tennessee

Amy Worrell Sterling is a litigation attorney with over 17 years experience. She focuses primarily on business and commercial litigation and healthcare liability defense, representing businesses, medical practices, physicians, and individuals in state and federal court on matters involving business torts, contract disputes, healthcare liability, insurance coverage and defense, employment, real estate and commercial lease disputes, and construction. In addition, her practice includes representing, counseling, and advising clients on business disputes, regulatory and compliance matters, peer review and disciplinary proceedings, clinical privileges, and transactions to achieve their business objectives and manage risks. Ms. Sterling also has experience with probate litigation and adoptions.

A native of Nashville, Ms. Sterling received her B.B.A. with honors from Belmont University in 1999 and earned her Juris Doctorate degree, also with honors, from the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law in 2006. During law school, she was the Senior Notes and Comments Editor of the University of Memphis Law Review and was the Champion and recipient of the Best Brief award for the Advanced Moot Court Competition. Ms. Sterling received the Dean's Award for Academic Excellence in Legal Methods for Best Oral Advocate in 2004 and the Dean's Distinguished Service Award in 2006.

After graduating from law school, Ms. Sterling served as the judicial law clerk for the Honorable Diane K. Vescovo, Magistrate Judge for the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee. Prior to joining BMJRG in January of 2019, she was a litigation attorney at Bass, Berry & Sims, where she focused on representing brokerage firms, financial institutions, and registered representatives in securities litigation, FINRA arbitration, and compliance and regulatory matters.

Ms. Sterling has been recognized for her experience and commitment to excellence and service in the practice of law. She was selected to the Mid-South Super Lawyers list for Business Litigation in 2023 and was inducted as a Fellow of the Memphis Bar Foundation in 2021. She was nominated and appointed to serve a three-year term on the Standing Local Rules Committee for the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee in 2024, and is a Master in the Leo Bearman, Sr. American Inn of Court and currently serves on its Executive Committee. Ms. Sterling also serves on the Membership Committee for the Memphis Bar Association, and formerly served as a board member of the University of Memphis Law Alumni’s board of directors and the Young Lawyers Division of the Memphis Bar Association. At her prior firm, she was active in the firm’s pro bono adoption initiative, offering legal representation to clients through Memphis Area Legal Services. For her pro bono service in that initiative, she was recognized as a 2019 Attorney for Justice by the Tennessee Supreme Court.

On a more personal note, Ms. Sterling is a proud Memphian transplant who, along with her husband and two young daughters, enjoys taking in all of the many things the city offers. Her hobbies include attending concerts, reading, being a soccer mom, traveling, and participating in outdoor activities, whether it be biking, tennis, pickleball, running, hiking, or skiing. She also serves as vice-chair of her church’s board of trustees and was formerly a board member and chair of the legal committee for her historic neighborhood association. In her younger years, she was a strong competitor in the American Quarter Horse Association show circuit, culminating in being named NYATT Western Pleasure Champion at the 1994 All American Quarter Horse Congress.