Amanda advises U.S. and international insurers in coverage matters with a focus on representations and warranties insurance (RWI) claims arising from mergers and acquisitions.  She also has extensive experience conducting claim investigations and evaluating coverage under media and professional liability, commercial crime, fidelity, cyber, and general liability policies.

Amanda advises clients on a broad range of RWI matters, often involving claimed breaches of representations regarding the company or target’s financial statements, condition of assets, intellectual property, material contracts, material customers or suppliers, tax matters, labor matters, or environmental matters.  Amanda frequently works with technical advisors to evaluate quantum of loss issues arising in various industries.

Amanda also has experience representing insurers in coverage litigation, including declaratory judgment actions and bad faith litigation.

Before entering private practice, Amanda served as a judicial law clerk on the Massachusetts Appeals Court (2015-2016) and the Connecticut Appellate Court (2014-2015).

Bar Admissions

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

State of Connecticut

United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Education

University of Connecticut School of Law, J.D., with honors, 2014

Brandeis University, B.A., magna cum laude, 2011

Clerkships

Justice Diana L. Maldonado, Massachusetts Appeals Court (2015-2016)

Justice William J. Sullivan and Judge William J. Lavery, Connecticut Appellate Court (2014-2015)

  • Boston Bar Association, member
  • Massachusetts Bar Association, member
  • Women’s Bar Association, member
  • American Bar Association, Fidelity and Surety Law Committee, member
  • Association for Professional Insurance Women (APIW) – New England, member
  • Raising a Reader – Massachusetts, Emerging Leaders Board Member
  • Was That Theft Dishonest? A Comparison of Employee Dishonesty Coverage vs. Employee Theft Coverage, American Bar Association, Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Law Journal, Fall 2019 (Vol. 54 Issue 3).
  • Speaker, American Bar Association, Fidelity and Surety Law Conference, Fall 2018 (Employee Theft and Dishonesty).
  • Speaker, American Bar Association, Fidelity and Surety Law Conference, Spring 2022 (Internal Revenue Excise Bonds).
  • Was That Theft Dishonest? A Comparison of Employee Dishonesty Coverage vs. Employee Theft Coverage, American Bar Association, Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Law Journal, Fall 2019 (Vol. 54 Issue 3).
  • Speaker, American Bar Association, Fidelity and Surety Law Conference, Fall 2018 (Employee Theft and Dishonesty).
  • Speaker, American Bar Association, Fidelity and Surety Law Conference, Spring 2022 (Internal Revenue Excise Bonds).

Massachusetts Super Lawyers: Rising Star – Insurance Coverage  (2021-2024)

Fellow, Massachusetts Bar Association Leadership Academy (2018-2019)

Emerging Leaders Board Member, Raising A Reader Massachusetts