Amanda Mayo is a senior associate at Hecker Fink LLP.
Amanda’s practice spans a wide range of complex civil litigation matters in federal trial and appellate courts, including commercial litigation and employment class actions. Amanda has also represented companies and financial institutions in a variety of regulatory and enforcement proceedings. Additionally, she maintains an active pro bono practice with a focus on education and criminal defense matters.
Amanda joined the firm from Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, where she worked as an associate for the litigation group. She was part of the teams representing a leading financial institution in a class action accusing the bank of discriminating against more than 3,000 women in pay and promotions, an automobile manufacturing company in anti-tampering lawsuits brought by numerous state attorneys general and counties under state and local environmental laws and a financial institution in a post-merger lawsuit in connection with its acquisition of another bank.
Earlier in her career, she completed clerkships with the Honorable Joel M. Flaum of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, and the Honorable Robert M. Dow, Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Amanda earned her J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School, where she graduated with high honors, was inducted into the Order of the Coif, and was a Kirkland & Ellis Scholar. She received her B.A., summa cum laude, from New York University.