Amanda S. McGinn
Counsel
Areas of Focus
- Labor & Employment
- Employment Discrimination/Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Advocacy
- Labor Relations Strategic Advice & Counseling
- Workplace Investigations, Civil Rights Audits
- Labor & Employment Issues Affecting Government Contractors
- ERISA/Employee Benefits Litigation
- Class Actions
- Wage & Hour/Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Litigation & Counseling
- Pro Bono
- Litigates and advises clients on complex labor and employment matters, with a focus on the sports industry.
- Handles high profile litigation and arbitrations.
- Handles workplace internal and government investigations, with a focus on employment discrimination claims.
Amanda McGinn’s practice focuses on complex employment litigation, arbitrations, internal and government investigations, and client counseling involving:
- High-stakes contract and labor disputes between sports associations and athletes;
- Allegations of discrimination, harassment, and other employee misconduct;
- Labor and employment issues affecting government contractors, including Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) obligations.
Prior to joining Akin Gump, Amanda completed a one-year clerkship for the Honorable John A. Woodcock Jr. in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine.
EducationJ.D., Georgetown University Law Center, cum laude, 2016
M.Ed., George Mason University, 2012
B.A., Amherst College, cum laude, 2010
J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, cum laude, 2016
M.Ed., George Mason University, 2012
B.A., Amherst College, cum laude, 2010
ClerkshipsU.S.D.C., District of Maine
U.S.D.C., District of Maine
Bar AdmissionsDistrict of Columbia
District of Columbia
- 2020-2023 D.C. Rising Star, Super Lawyers.
- Akin Gump’s labor and employment practice named as Law360 Employment Practice Group of the Year in 2009, 2013, 2015 and 2016.
- Akin Gump’s sports practice named as Law360 Sports Practice Group of the Year in 2016 and 2017.
- Legal intern, Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education.
- Legal intern, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.
- Corps member, Teach for America.