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    Amy Odom

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    401-331-6300

    Fax

    401-421-3185

    Email

    [email protected]

    Areas of Practice

    • Appellate Litigation
    • Veterans Law

    Amy F. Odom

    Amy is a Partner in Chisholm Chisholm & Kilpatrick’s Veterans Law practice. Amy’s practice focuses on representing disabled veterans at the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. She has appeared in over 1,500 Veterans Court cases and has argued several cases before the Federal Circuit. She has also authored amici briefs filed in the Supreme Court of the United States.

    Amy graduated from the University of Florida with her B.A., cum laude, in 2003 and her J.D., cum laude, in 2006. Prior to joining CCK, Amy served as a staff attorney and then as the Director of Litigation at the National Veterans Legal Services Program (NVLSP).

    Extremely active in the field of Veterans Law, Amy has served as President of the CAVC Bar Association and on the USCAVC’s Judicial Advisory Committee. She is a member of the National Organization of Veterans’ Advocates (NOVA). Amy was a panelist at the USCAVC Twelfth Judicial Conference in 2013 and the Fourteenth Judicial Conference in 2019. She is a recurring panelist at NOVA’s biannual conferences, where she provides updates and analysis of recent caselaw. She is a credited author of the Veterans Benefits Manual 2009-2013 editions, and a credited Editor of the 2014-2018/2019 editions. Amy has been a recurring speaker at the University of Missouri Veterans Clinic Symposium.  She is a co-host and co-producer of Arguendo:  The Veterans Law Pod.

    Amy is a mom to two little girls and enjoys yoga, cooking, reading, and the beach.

    Bar Admissions

    • Supreme Court of the United States
    • District of Columbia
    • U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
    • U.S. Court of Appeals for Federal Circuit
    • Not licensed by Rhode Island

    Representative Cases

    • Swain v. McDonald, 27 Vet. App. 219 (2015)
    • Gagne v. McDonald, 27 Vet. App. 391 (2015)
    • Beraud v. McDonald, 766 F.3d 1402 (2014)
    • Stewart v. McDonald, 641 Fed. Appx 979 (2015)
    • Turner v. Shulkin, 29 Vet. App. 207 (2018)
    • Demery v. Wilkie, 30 Vet.App. 430 (2019)
    • Wiker v. McDonough, 21-5454
    • Hall v. McDonough, 34 Vet.App. 329 (2021)
    • Chavis v. McDonough, 35 Vet.App. 1 (2021)
    • Martin v. McDonough, 991 F.3d 1227 (Fed. Cir. 2021)

    Oral Arguments

    • Swain v. McDonald, 27 Vet. App. 219 (2015)
    • Gagne v. McDonald, 27 Vet. App. 391 (2015)
    • Beraud v. McDonald, 766 F.3d 1402 (2014)
    • Stewart v. McDonald, 641 Fed. Appx 979 (2015)
    • Turner v. Shulkin, 29 Vet. App. 207 (2018)
    • Demery v. Wilkie, 30 Vet.App. 430 (2019)
    • McNamee v. Shinseki, Vet.App. 11-2848
    • Watson v. Wilkie, Vet.App. 16-2035
    • Adams v. Wilkie, Vet.App. 18-2049
    • Chavis v. Wilkie, Vet.App. 18-2928
    • Wiker v. McDonough, 21-5454
    • Chavis v. McDonough, 35 Vet.App. 1 (2021)
    • Martin v. McDonough, 991 F.3d 1227 (Fed. Cir. 2021)