Practice Areas
- Appellate Practice
- Business Litigation & Risk Management
- Damages Mitigation
- Dental Litigation
- Long-Term & Elder Care Litigation
- Medical Malpractice Defense
- Pharmacy Litigation
- Premises Liability
Amanda is a partner in the firm's Atlanta, Georgia and Raleigh, North Carolina offices. Her practice is devoted primarily to medical malpractice defense litigation. She has been defending hospitals, pharmacists, physicians, physician extenders, nurses and other allied healthcare professionals and healthcare facilities since 2008. She has participated in all aspects of litigation, including mediation, trial, and appellate advocacy.
Her cases involve allegations concerning the care of pediatric and adult patients. She has represented professionals in all fields of specialty, including cardiology, emergency medicine, family practice, neonatology, neurosurgery, obstetrics and gynecology, orthopedics, pediatrics, pharmacy, pulmonology and critical care, surgery and urology. In addition to representing clients in civil litigations, Amanda represents physicians and nurses called before state licensing boards for complaints and investigations.
Amanda's clients also rely on her counsel regarding risk investigation, analysis, and prevention. She also consults on patient safety issues, credentialing, and quality assurance activities.
- B.A., Pre-Professional Studies and Spanish, University of Notre Dame (2004)
- J.D., University of Dayton School of Law (2008)
- Moot Court Finalist and Vice-Chief Justice
- Lucy Daniels Center Board of Directors, Cary, North Carolina
- Notre Dame Club of Eastern North Carolina
- Vice-Chief Justice, Moot Court – University of Dayton School of Law (2007-2008)
- Walter H. Rice Moot Court Competition Finalist – University of Dayton School of Law
- CALI award – Legal Writing – University of Dayton School of Law (2006)
- Honor Council Student Representative and Prosecutor – University of Dayton School of Law (2006 -2008)
- Best Law Firms, U.S. News & World Report | Best Lawyers, 2022
- State Bar of Georgia
- State Bar of Illinois
- State Bar of North Carolina
- Augusta, Georgia Bar Association
- Georgia Defense Lawyers Association
- Tenth Judicial District Bar, Wake County, North Carolina
- Courts of the State of North Carolina
- Courts of the State of Illinois
- Georgia Superior and State Courts
- Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia
- Supreme Court of Georgia
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- Has handled all phases of litigation, including extensive trial and appellate experience
- Has taken and defended hundreds of discovery depositions and evidentiary depositions of fact witnesses and expert witnesses
- Has successfully obtained numerous summary judgments for clients
- Has obtained multiple defense verdicts in cases involving death and catastrophic lifelong injuries
- Has represented numerous physicians and nurses in connection with state licensing complaints and investigations
- Has represented many non-party witnesses and entities with respect to depositions and discovery requests
- Frequently consults on various risk management and day to day practice issues
- Frequently consults on patient safety issues and the development and revision of policies and procedures