Amanda H. Neely is an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP.  Ms. Neely has participated in representing clients undergoing investigations by the U.S. Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations and the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission.  Ms. Neely has been actively involved with the Firm’s Financial Markets Crisis Group in its efforts to monitor market developments and governmental actions, and to advise clients how best to respond to the changing regulatory landscape.  Ms. Neely also has participated in several class action defense matters.

Ms. Neely earned her law degree cum laude from Duke University School of Law, where she served as the Articles Editor for both the Alaska Law Review and the Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy.  She was a member of the Duke Law Moot Court Board and served on the executive board of the Duke Law Federalist Society.

In 2003, Ms. Neely graduated cum laude from Princeton University, where she majored in English and earned a certificate in Medieval Studies.  She then served for two years on United States Senator Elizabeth Dole’s staff as a legislative correspondent, focusing on banking, housing, budget, and tax issues.  Ms. Neely is admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia and before the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.