Amy Sheridan

Biography

Amy Sheridan is a Lecturer in Law in the Graduate Tax Program at Boston University School of Law, where she has taught Executive Compensation since 2019. She is also a partner at Sullivan & Worcester LLP and a member of the firm’s Management Committee. Amy concentrates her practice in the area of employee benefits and executive compensation, with particular expertise in the design, structuring and compliance of complex compensation and benefit arrangements.

Her work includes advising on qualified and nonqualified retirement plans, nonqualified deferred compensation, welfare plans (including Affordable Care Act and HIPAA compliance) and equity-based compensation. She is widely recognized for her deep knowledge of Internal Revenue Code Sections 409A, 457(f), and 457A, and is known for her innovative approach to structuring deferred compensation, bonus and phantom equity arrangements. Amy is also a thought leader on the legal implications of post-Dobbs developments on employee benefit plan design and administration.

She advises clients across a wide range of industries—including fintech and blockchain, life sciences, healthcare, real estate, education, esports and gaming, hospitality and nonprofit organizations—working with businesses from early-stage startups to large public companies.

Amy was named to Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly’s 2024 “Top Women of Law” and was selected by the National Law Journal as a 2022 Employment Law Trailblazer. She has also been recognized by Chambers USA, The Best Lawyers in America® and The Legal 500 U.S. for her work in executive compensation and employee benefits law.

Amy earned her LL.M. in Taxation from Boston University School of Law, her J.D. from Harvard Law School, and her B.A. from Wellesley College.