- Meet Amina
- Practice Areas
- Education & Clerkships
- Presentations & Awards
- Professional Memberships
MEET AMINA
Amina is a partner on the Class Action team. Amina focuses the majority of her practice on privacy actions involving data breaches and the unlawful collection or disclosure of personal information. As part of the Firm’s data breach litigation team, Amina has helped obtain recovery for thousands of individuals who have had their personal information leaked or unauthorizedly disclosed due to insufficient data security measures.
Prior to joining Cohen & Malad, LLP, Amina had the honor of serving as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Judge Melissa S. May at the Indiana Court of Appeals and to the Honorable Judge Heather A. Welch at the Indiana Commercial Court. Amina’s clerkship experience has given her command of courtroom procedure and commercial litigation.
In law school, Amina worked as a law clerk in the Consumer Protection Division of the Indiana Attorney General’s Office. Amina also completed an externship at IU Health Fairbanks Center for Medical Ethics at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis.
PRACTICE AREAS
CLERKSHIPS
- Heather A. Welch, Indiana Commercial Court, Marion Superior Court 1 (2017-2019)
- Melissa S. May, Indiana Court of Appeals (2016-2017)
EDUCATION
J.D., Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, 2016
B.A., International Studies, Ohio State University, 2011
- Pre-Law Program, St. Anne’s College, University of Oxford, 2010
PRESENTATIONS & AWARDS
“Up and Coming Lawyer,” Indiana Lawyer Leadership in Law, 2023
“Indiana Super Lawyers Rising Stars,” Thomson Reuters, 2021-2024
“Working with Victims of Abuse: Brain Injury & Trauma,” Presenter, National Crime Victim Bar Association, October 2021
“Effective Mentorship in 2021,” Panel Moderator, Indianapolis Bar Association Women and the Law Division Mentorship Kickoff Luncheon, February 2021
“Dystopian Dining: Update on COVID-19 Business Interruption Insurance Litigation,” ITLA 56th Annual Institute, November 2020
“Standards of Review,” How Appealing! Sagamore Inn of Court Lincoln Group Presentation, March 2020
PROFESSIONAL & BAR ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS
Sagamore American Inn of Court
- Associate, 2019 – 2022
- Barrister, 2023-Present
Indianapolis Bar Association
- Women and the Law Division, 2016-Present
– Board Member, Executive Committee 2018-2022
– Chair, Mentorship Committee 2018-2022 - Litigation Section
Indiana Trial Lawyers Association
- Member, Women’s Caucus
- Member, Young Lawyers Section
Friends of Riley
- Vice President of External Affairs, 2019-2021
Center for At-Risk Elders
- Volunteer Advocate, 2021
JURISDICTIONS ADMITTED TO PRACTICE
- Indiana, 2017
- Northern District of Indiana, 2019
- Southern District of Indiana, 2019
