On the Job
Attorney Amy Collins O’Hara’s Practice
Attorney Amy Collins O’Hara is a partner in Stafford Rosenbaum’s Madison office. Amy’s law practice focuses on families and children foremost, from emotional domestic matters to estate planning for her clients’ futures. Amy’s clients trust her to break down complicated legal concepts respectfully and to provide collaborative, cost-efficient service. Amy’s family law clients span all types of households, including unmarried parents and same-sex couples.
Amy believes it is her responsibility to represent her client’s interests compassionately, which is why she is a good fit for clients seeking to solve problems first and litigate as a secondary measure. She is outcome driven and, along with the Stafford Rosenbaum family law team, does her best to work cooperatively with opposing parties—but Amy supports her clients with experience in family law trial advocacy when the time comes.
Amy represents clients in a wide range of areas, including litigation and cooperative divorce actions; paternity actions; child custody, placement, and support actions; mediation and arbitration of custody and financial disputes; prenuptial, postnuptial, and cohabitation agreements; interstate child custody and child support litigation; and guardian ad litem appointments.
In addition to serving her clients, Amy teaches a “Family Law: Marriage & Divorce” course at the University of Wisconsin Law School. Amy has also completed intensive professional training in Family Law Advocacy Skills at The National Institute for Trial Advocacy’s (NITA) American Bar Association Family Law Trial Advocacy Program.
Amy is admitted to practice law in Wisconsin.
Amy’s Education
- University of Wisconsin Law School (J.D., 2012; magna cum laude, Order of the Coif)
- Oklahoma City University (Bachelor’s of Music, 2007)
Amy’s Professional Memberships and Activities
- State Bar of Wisconsin
- American Bar Association
- Dane County Bar Association
- Children’s Theater of Madison, Board of Directors
- Madison Youth Arts (MYArts), Board of Directors
- Legal Association of Women, Past Secretary
Amy’s Publications and Presentations
- Presenter, “Handling a Basic Divorce 2024,” State Bar of Wisconsin, January 2024
- Presenter, “You Do Not Have to Sign Your Life Away: A Brief Primer on the Benefits of Marital Property Agreements,” Wisconsin Family Business Center, 2023
- “Mandatory Fee Shifting Provisions under the Uniform Child Custody and Jurisdiction Enforcement Act,” Wisconsin Family Law Journal
- Presenter, “Elements of a Divorce,” State Bar of Wisconsin, April 2015
