Amanda Danforth Email & Phone Number

Tacoma, Washington, United States

Tacoma, Washington, United States

Bronx, New York

• Carried full criminal caseload of felony and misdemeanor cases charging a wide variety of crimes including vehicle fatalities, robberies, burglaries, and assaults
• Investigated cases and performed all pretrial tasks from drafting cases and presenting them to a Grand Jury to writing motions, litigating suppression issues, and trying cases in both bench and jury trials
• Argued hearings such as suppression hearings, pretrial discovery hearings, bail review hearings, and protective order hearings
• Specialized in Adolescent Offender cases and Raise the Age legislation, evaluating Adolescent Offender cases and determining whether to try adolescents as adults or juveniles, writing motions to prevent removal to.

Washington, DC

• Performed client intake interviews and informally interviewed clients via phone regarding their lives, safety planning, desire to continue pursuing a case, and continued instances of domestic violence
• Drafted hearing notes for trial including opening statements, direct examinations, cross-examinations, closing arguments as well as notes for oral arguments in child custody modification hearings

Philadelphia, PA

• Tried various cases in Philadelphia Municipal Court and Philadelphia Family Court, including possession with intent to deliver, knowing and intentional possession, unauthorized use of an automobile, receiving stolen.
• Argued motions to suppress, bail motions, and presented preliminary hearings on crimes including burglary, possession with intent to deliver, conspiracy, and theft by deception

Washington, DC

• Researched legal issues and drafted motions on issues such as opposing the suppression of physical evidence or statements and the evaporation of Phencyclidine (PCP)
• Assisted with prosecutorial duties such as witness interviews and preparation for the Grand Jury

Washington, DC

• Researched and wrote judicial orders in the Criminal Domestic Violence unit
• Drafted additional legal memoranda on various subjects such as Probation Revocation, Competency Requirements for Child Witnesses, and Brady Material for the Judge’s Bench Book

Doctor Of Law (J.D.)

Activities and Societies: The George Washington International Law Review, 2016-2017 Dean’s Fellow, 2016 Domestic Violence Project Clinic.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), English And Communications Studies