Amanda Rice

Amanda Rice's practice focuses on appellate advocacy, critical motions, and difficult legal questions. Amanda is a skilled brief writer with a sharp pen and a strategic eye. She has particular experience in the U.S. Supreme Court, where she has played a primary role in drafting many merits briefs, several successful petitions for certiorari, and a number of significant amicus briefs. She has also drafted scores of winning briefs filed in federal and state appellate courts. And she regularly leads legal strategy and substantive motion practice in trial courts. Amanda's practice covers a broad range of substantive areas, but she has particular experience with constitutional questions, complex statutory schemes, arbitration issues, and class actions. Amanda serves as the Detroit Office's pro bono partner and maintains an active pro bono practice that focuses on civil rights, sentencing questions, LGBTQ issues, and immigration .Amanda has taught legal writing at the University of Michigan Law School and firearms law at Wayne State Law School. She also served as a law clerk for Justice Elena Kagan on the U.S. Supreme Court, Judge David S. Tatel on the D.C. Circuit, and Judge James E. Boasberg on the D.C. District Court. · Jones Day

United StatesAppellate Advocacy, Constitutional Law

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Amanda Rice's practice focuses on appellate advocacy, critical motions, and difficult legal questions. She has particular experience in the U.S. Supreme Court, drafting merits briefs, petitions for certiorari, and amicus briefs. She also drafts winning briefs in federal and state appellate courts and leads legal strategy and motion practice in trial courts. Her practice covers constitutional questions, complex statutory schemes, arbitration issues, and class actions. She serves as the Detroit Office's pro bono partner, with a pro bono practice focusing on civil rights, sentencing, LGBTQ issues, and immigration.

Practice areas

Appellate AdvocacyConstitutional LawComplex LitigationArbitrationClass ActionsCivil RightsImmigration

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United States

Jones Day · Amanda Rice's practice focuses on appellate advocacy, critical motions, and difficult legal questions. Amanda is a skilled brief writer with a sharp pen and a strategic eye. She has particular experience in the U.S. Supreme Court, where she has played a primary role in drafting many merits briefs, several successful petitions for certiorari, and a number of significant amicus briefs. She has also drafted scores of winning briefs filed in federal and state appellate courts. And she regularly leads legal strategy and substantive motion practice in trial courts. Amanda's practice covers a broad range of substantive areas, but she has particular experience with constitutional questions, complex statutory schemes, arbitration issues, and class actions. Amanda serves as the Detroit Office's pro bono partner and maintains an active pro bono practice that focuses on civil rights, sentencing questions, LGBTQ issues, and immigration .Amanda has taught legal writing at the University of Michigan Law School and firearms law at Wayne State Law School. She also served as a law clerk for Justice Elena Kagan on the U.S. Supreme Court, Judge David S. Tatel on the D.C. Circuit, and Judge James E. Boasberg on the D.C. District Court.

United States

Expertise

U.S. Supreme Court practiceAppellate brief writingTrial court motions practiceConstitutional litigationArbitrationClass action defensePro bono civil rights

Education

University of Michigan Law School (legal writing instructor)
Wayne State Law School (firearms law instructor)