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About Amanda
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Practice Area
Civil Rights
100%
30 years
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Licensed in New York for 29 years
State: New York
Acquired: 1997
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Experience
Honors
2010
Acting for Justice Award, for Outstanding Fair Housing Attorney, Fair Housing Justice Center
2008
Pro Bono Service, Sisterhood Mobilized for AIDS/HIV Research & Treatment, Inc.
1996
Rebecca Topper Award for outstanding contribution to Law Journal, The Ohio State University College of Law
1996
Public Service Fellow, The Ohio State University College of Law
Work Experience
2015 - Present
Deputy General Counsel for Litigation, NYC Public Advocate
2012 - 2015
Deputy Executive Director, Board of Correction, City of New York
2009 - 2012
Of Counsel, Giskan Solotaroff Anderson & Stewart LLP
2008 - 2009
Program Director, Center for New York City Neighborhoods, Inc.
2001 - 2008
Director, New York Lawyers For The Public Interest
1997 - 2000
Associate, Herbst & Greenwald LLP
1996 - 1997
Staff Attorney, CAMBA
1995 - 1995
Legal Intern, The Legal Aid Society
1994 - 1994
Legal Intern, Legal Services Corporation "A"
Associations
2013 - Present
Fair Housing Justice CenterBoard Member
2012 - Present
New York City Bar Association, Civil Rights CommitteeCommittee Member
2006 - Present
SMART, Inc.Board of Directors
1997 - 2012
New York State Bar AssociationCommittee on Legal Aid
Sample of Legal Cases
NYSARC v. Carey (Willowbrook class action)
Cerbelli v. City of New York
Education
1996
The Ohio State University College of Law
JD - Juris Doctor, Law Review
1993
The Ohio State University
BA - Bachelor of Arts with Honors
Speaking Engagements
2009
Ethical Considerations: Collaboration Between Private Attorneys and Non-Profits
Ethical Considerations: Collaboration Between Private Attorneys and Non-Profits
2008
Legal Assistance Partnership Conference, “NYCHA Housing and Police Practices, Opportunities for Organizing” 2008
Police Misconduct
2007
“Balancing Competition and Government Allocation of Health Care Resources: The Berger Commission Report” 2007
Health Care & Civil Rights
2006
Legal Assistance Partnership Conference, “Ready, Willing, and Able: Utilizing Law Students to Meet Client Needs” 2006
Police Misconduct
2005
“Advanced Police Misconduct Litigation Issues: Less Lethal Force, Handling Emotionally Disturbed People & Use of Experts” 2005
Police Misconduct
2004
“Policing Best Practices” 2004
Police & People with Mental Illness
2004
“Plaintiffs’ Strategies for Winning Tough Cases: Representing People with Mental Illness” 2004
Police Misconduct
Publications
2008
(NYLPI and Shearman & Sterling LLP, 2008)
No Place Like Home: A Preliminary Report on Police Interactions with Public Housing Residents in New York City
2006