Amanda Maria DeMatteis

Amanda DeMatteis is a Connecticut employment lawyer who is passionate about helping employees through tough situations at work. She is widely respected in Connecticut’s employee-rights bar for her strategic advocacy, polished communication, and unwavering commitment to leveling the playing field for working people. Her reputation extends nationally through her leadership in the plaintiff-side employment law community.

Amanda has been ranked by Super Lawyers® since 2022. She was previously ranked as a Rising Star, a distinction given to only 2.5% of Connecticut attorneys under the age of 40, consecutively from 2015 to 2021. Amanda has been recognized annually by The Best Lawyers in America® since 2021.

Amanda has extensive experience representing Connecticut employees at every stage of a case. She has helped individuals through discrimination (on the basis of race, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion, marital status, pregnancy, or national origin), sexual harassment, wrongful termination, retaliation, non-competition and non-solicitation agreements, and contract disputes. Amanda has counseled employees and executives during negotiations with their employers, all the way through multiple successful jury trials, and virtually every step in between. No case is too big or too small – she has worked with employees making minimum wage and executives with compensation packages in the seven figures.

In addition to her employment practice, Amanda represents clients injured at work or due to another’s negligence in Connecticut courts and before the Workers’ Compensation Commission. She handles a wide range of injury claims, supported by longtime paralegal Linda DeMatteis – who just so happens to be Amanda’s mom.

Amanda serves as a Board Member of the National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA), the country’s leading organization for plaintiff-side employment attorneys. She previously served as President of the Connecticut Employment Lawyers Association (CELA) from 2019 to 2024, an organization for attorneys who represent employees in all aspects of employment law in Connecticut. Amanda is an active member of the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association (CTLA) and the American Bar Association (ABA), and she serves as a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation (ABF).

Amanda has been a proud member of the Connecticut community for her entire life. A native of Hamden, Amanda earned her law degree from Quinnipiac University School of Law, where she was the Founder and President of the Labor and Employment Law Society. Amanda received her B.S. from Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, where she majored in Political Science and English. She also proudly served as a congressional intern for Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT) during her college years.

Amanda lives in North Haven with her husband, Michael, and their two daughters, Elle and Gia. She is proud to be a working mom of two young girls, a wife, a business owner, and a trusted advocate for employees. In her spare time, she enjoys fitness, spending time with family and friends, and traveling—including frequent trips to Disney World.