About Amy
Amy Bentley grew up studying the interplay of people and institutions. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in psychology and political science from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1994 and completed her J.D. at the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1998. Her academic background laid the groundwork for a career that has crossed both public service and private practice.
Bentley began her legal career at the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions, joining the Consumer Credit Division in 1998. That early work placed her at the intersection of regulation and the marketplace. Two years later she moved into private practice and, in 2000, became a shareholder at Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek, S.C., where she handled business and consumer finance matters. Her practice during that period combined transactional work and regulatory counseling for clients operating in the state and regional markets.
In 2007 she joined the panel of the American Arbitration Association, adding a neutral dispute-resolution role to her profile. In 2012 she took ownership of Salberg Law Office, S.C., a move that shifted her day-to-day responsibilities again toward running a smaller practice while maintaining an active litigation and advisory docket. Over the years she has maintained admissions in Wisconsin and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
Professional involvement has been a steady feature of Bentley’s career. She served on the Governing Committee of the Conference on Consumer Finance Law as assistant secretary from 2006 to 2013. From 2006 to 2012 she chaired the Fair Access to Services Subcommittee of the American Bar Association’s Consumer Financial Services Committee. She has been a member of the State Bar of Wisconsin’s Business Law Section since 1998 and has participated in national and regional forums on consumer finance and business law topics.
Locally she has taken on leadership and nonprofit roles. Since 2012 she has served as president of TEMPO Washington County and has been active in the West Bend Area Chamber of Commerce. She joined the boards of The Threshold, Inc., and the Wellspring Organic Farm and Education Center, serving as secretary at Wellspring from 2012 to 2015. She has been a member of Rotary International since 2014. Between 2012 and 2015 she was listed as a Network Lawyer for the Farm-To-Consumer Legal Defense Fund.
Her work combines regulatory knowledge, arbitration experience, and private-practice management. She maintains active bar memberships and handles matters arising out of consumer finance, business law, and arbitration. Her current practice focuses on consumer finance and business law matters, and on dispute resolution work.
