Amanda Sadra

Amanda Sadra is an associate in the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She is a member of the Litigation Practice Group.

Amanda has experience in a variety of complex litigation matters across practice areas, including betting and gaming, entertainment, labor and employment, and constitutional law. Her practice also includes public policy services such as coalition building, strategic counseling, and substantive policy analysis.  She also maintains an active pro bono practice.

From 2021 to 2022, Amanda served as a law clerk to the Honorable Cormac J. Carney on the Central District of California.

She received her Juris Doctor from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law in 2020. While in law school, Amanda was a research assistant to Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, served as co-director of Berkeley’s national championship-winning trial advocacy team, and was an active member of Berkeley Law’s Youth Advocacy Project. Amanda received her bachelor’s degree in Political Science with highest honors from the University of California, Berkeley.

Prior to law school, Amanda was a congressional staffer for United States Senator Dianne Feinstein, specializing in housing and homelessness, immigration, and criminal justice reform issues in Southern California.

She is a member of the State Bar of California and is admitted to practice before the Central District of California.

Capabilities

• Litigation
• Appellate and Constitutional Law
• Betting and Gaming
• Crisis Management
• Media, Entertainment, and Technology
• Public Policy

Credentials

Education:

• University of California, Berkeley - 2020 Juris Doctor
• University of California, Berkeley - 2014 Bachelor of Arts

Admissions:

• California Bar

Clerkships:

• USDC, Central District of California, Hon. Cormac Carney, 2021 - 2022