Amanda M. Brahm

Specialization

• Discrimination
• Education
• Labor & Employment
• Litigation and Trials
• Trade Secrets / Noncompete Litigation and Consulting
• Wage and Hour

About Amanda's Practice

Amanda Brahm is a labor and employment and education attorney whose practice encompasses federal and state court litigation. Amanda defends clients across many industries in administrative proceedings, class actions, and other complex cases. Her experience includes matters involving employment discrimination claims, wage and hour claims, Title IX issues, disputes over the enforcement of covenants not to compete, wrongful discharge claims, and Americans with Disabilities Act issues. A significant portion of her practice involves counseling clients on a variety of employment and higher education issues.

During law school, she interned for the Privacy and Data Security Department of the Office of the Attorney General in Hartford, Connecticut, and served as the senior notes and comments editor of the Wake Forest Journal of Business & Intellectual Property.

Education

• Wake Forest University School of Law (J.D., 2017)
• Saint Anselm College (B.A., magna cum laude, 2012)

Major Publications & Speaking Engagements

• Editor, Connecticut Employment Law Letter
• Contributing Editor, New England Employment Law Letter
• Co-Author, "Tips for fine-tuning workplace vaccination policies during pandemic," Connecticut Employment Law Letter, November 2020, and HR Daily Advisor, December 9, 2020
• "Business Standing Under Little FTC Acts," (September 2019)
• "Title IX Investigations: What's Changed, What Hasn't, and What to Expect," CCIC Member Forum, North Haven, CT (June 2019)
• "2019 Employement Law Update," Trumbull, CT (January 2019)

Admitted to Practice

U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut