Amy Lynn Peikoff (; née Rambach; born June 7, 1968)United States Public Records, 1970–2009 (Colorado) is an American attorney, writer, podcaster, and a former professor of philosophy and law. Peikoff was the Chief Policy Officer of social media platforms Parler and BitChute."Inside the rapid rise of Parler with its chief policy officer", Axios Re:Cap, November 12, 2020. Retrieved January 8, 2021.Herchenroeder, Karl. "Parler Executive Defends Section 230, Platform Moderation Practices", Communications Daily, December 7, 2020. Retrieved January 8, 2021.

Early life and education Amy Peikoff studied at the University of California, Los Angeles, where she earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics and Applied Science in 1992 and her Juris Doctor in 1998, having attended her first year of law school at Pepperdine University. She was an editor of the UCLA Law Review. She then earned her Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy at the University of Southern California in 2003."Amy Peikoff: Adjunct Associate Professor of Law" . Southwestern Law School. Retrieved 20 May 2014.

Career Amy Peikoff is a member of the State Bar of California, having been admitted in May 2002."Amy Lynn Peikoff". The State Bar of California. Retrieved 20 May 2014. Early in her career she worked with The Association for Objective Law, an organization that promotes Objectivism in the legal sector; her work with that organization included the submission of an amicus curiae brief in support of Elián González's right of residence in the United States."In the United States District Court for the Southern District of California" . Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law. March 2000. Retrieved 20 May 2014.

Peikoff has taught law and philosophy at Southwestern Law School, Chapman University, the United States Air Force Academy, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the University of Texas at Austin."Southwestern Welcomes New Adjunct Faculty" . Southwestern Law School. 27 September 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2014. She has also spoken to audiences at DePaul University"Please Join Us Monday Night for the IP Scholars Conference Dinner" . DePaul University. July 2004. Retrieved 20 May 2014. and Stanford University. Her specialisms include privacy, introductory logic, intellectual property, and Objectivism.

She has contributed articles to the NYU Journal of Law & Liberty,Peikoff, Amy L. "Beyond Reductionism: Reconsidering the Right to Privacy". NYU Journal of Law & Liberty. 2008. Retrieved 20 May 2014. The Virginia Journal of Social Policy and the Law,"The Right to Privacy: Contemporary Reductionists and Their Critics". Social Science Research Network. 24 October 2010. Retrieved 20 May 2014. the Brandeis Law Journal,"NO CORN ON THIS COBB: WHY REDUCTIONISTS SHOULD BE ALL EARS FOR PAVESICH". LexisNexis. Summer 2004. Retrieved 20 May 2014. Philosophical Explorations, Ethics, The Philadelphia Inquirer,Peikoff, Amy. "New attack on copyright law will make creativity pointless". The Philadelphia Inquirer. 14 October 2002. Retrieved 20 May 2014. the Los Angeles Times,Peikoff, Amy. "Set Downey Free to Solve His Problems". Los Angeles Times. 26 April 2001. Retrieved 20 May 2014. The Washington Times,Peikoff, Amy. "PEIKOFF: Holding out for a political hero". The Washington Times. 15 February 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2014. and to books such as Essays on Ayn Rand's Anthem and Essays on Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead. She was interviewed for the 2011 documentary film, Ayn Rand & the Prophecy of Atlas Shrugged,"Cast and Crew". Ayn Rand & the Prophecy of Atlas Shrugged. Retrieved 20 May 2014. and she was an occasional guest host of The Tammy Bruce Show.Bruce, Tammy. "Amy Peikoff Filling In For Today's Tammy Radio". The Tammy Bruce Show. 16 May 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2014. In a 2014 article for St. John's Law Review, Peikoff argues for overturning the third-party doctrine, which holds that people who voluntarily give information to third parties have "no reasonable expectation of privacy" in that information. Her argument, which derives from a legal model for privacy based on property rights and the common law of contract, would protect personal privacy but still allow government to use secret agents.

Peikoff runs an Objectivist blog and podcast called Don't Let It Go, named after an essay in Ayn Rand's Philosophy: Who Needs It."About". Don't Let It Go. Retrieved 20 May 2014. She previously also co-hosted the Yaron & Amy Show podcast with Yaron Brook.

As of September 2025, Amy Peikoff is an Attorney at Pacific Legal Foundation.

Personal life She is the ex-wife of fellow Objectivist scholar Leonard Peikoff and the ex-stepmother of novelist Kira Peikoff.Heller, Anne C. (2009), Ayn Rand and the World She Made, New York: Doubleday, p. 413, , OCLC229027437.

See also American philosophy Ethical egoism Free market Objectivist movement Philosophical realism Rational egoism

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