Amanda Trau

Associate

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Amanda Trau

Associate

atrau@akingump.com

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  • Assists clients on a range of labor & employment litigation matters.

Amanda is an associate in the firm’s litigation practice. She assists clients on a range of labor & employment litigation matters.

Prior to joining Akin, Amanda clerked at the U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York and worked as a law clerk at another leading global law firm in New York.

Amanda earned her J.D. cum laude from Fordham University School of Law, where she served as a writing and research editor for the Fordham Urban Law Journal and was a co-president of If/When/How: Lawyering for Reproductive Justice. She also received the Michael J. Lane Award for her outstanding student Note. Amanda holds a B.A. in psychology with a minor in history of law and policy from the University of Michigan.

Education
  • J.D., Fordham University School of Law, cum laude, 2024

  • B.A., University of Michigan, 2018

Clerkships
  • U.S.D.C., Southern District of New York

Bar Admissions
  • New York

Speeches and Publications
  • “The Superficial Application of Originalism in Dobbs: Could a More Comprehensive Approach Protect Abortion Rights?,” Fordham  Urban Law Journal,2023, cited by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in its decision in Allegheny Reprod. Health Ctr. v. Pa. Dep’t of Hum. Servs., 2024.

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