Amy Cuykendall graduated from Florida State University in1998 with a double degree in International Affairs and Spanish. After teaching English in Madrid, Spain for six months, she returned to Tallahassee, Florida, where she worked as a legal secretary at McRae & Metcalf, P.A. until starting law school in 2001. Amy graduated from Stetson University College of Law and became licensed to practice law in April 2005.
She opened McRae & Metcalf’s Tampa office and clerked there until moving on to Englander &Fischer, P.A., in 2003. She was later promoted to Associate and then to Shareholder in 2008.From 2009-2012, Amy owned her own company, Core Care Patient Advocates, and is a 2010 graduate of Leadership St. Pete.
Starting in 2003, Amy completed both legal and nonlegal pro bono volunteer work at Community Action Stops Abuse (CASA), and then served nine years on the Board of Directors,including service as President from 2009-2011. She also served as Chair of the Housing Committee, which founded the new 100-bed shelter that opened in Summer 2015.
In 2010, Amy was awarded St. Petersburg’s Young Professional of the Year and was inducted
into the Florida Association for Women Lawyers 2011 Class of Leaders in the Law. Amy has worked for Castle Law Group, P.A., since 2010 and became a partner in Hillard Cuykendall &Allred, P.A. when it was formed in 2014.
Amy has vast litigation experience, having conducted multiple trials and several hundred hearings in business and real estate litigation. In her spare time, she enjoys living in St.Petersburg, doing hot yoga, cooking, and spending time with family and friends and her dog, Mabel.