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Goodwin Offices
601 S FIGUEROA STREET
LOS ANGELES, CA 90017
CALIFORNIA
United States
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Amanda Russo
Position
Associate
Career
Amanda Russo is a senior associate in the firm’s Complex Litigation and Dispute Resolution, and a member of the firm’s Products Litigation and Counseling and Food + Healthy Living practices.
Her practice focuses on both complex civil litigation and advising and counseling for corporate clients in a variety of industries, with a particular focus in the consumer products space, including companies in the food and beverage, dietary supplement and personal care/cosmetics industries, as well as in the financial and technology industries.
Ms. Russo’s litigation practice focuses on representing clients in a wide range of complex business and other civil litigation matters involving product liability, consumer fraud, contract and post-deal disputes, trade secret misappropriation, and other commercial disputes. She has experience in both federal and state courts across the country, including in putative class actions and individual and multi-plaintiff suits.
In addition to her litigation work, Ms. Russo actively counsels clients on federal and state regulatory compliance matters and provides advice on litigation avoidance, risk management and commercial strategy, in particular as related to food, supplement, cosmetics/personal care, and other consumer products. Her counseling practice also involves conducting risk analyses of consumer product companies that are the subject of M&A, investments, or public offerings. She also works closely with Goodwin’s FDA practice group on the intersection of food, supplement and cosmetics regulation with FDA’s drug and device authorities.
Ms. Russo maintains a diverse and active pro bono practice, which has included, among other things, representing pro bono clients in federal district courts, as well as participation in the Neighborhood Business Initiative (NBI), which is a Goodwin-run pro bono program that brings business-related legal services to the front doors of entrepreneurs and small business owners, advising on contracting with third parties and in consumer product regulatory compliance.
Education
JD2015
JD, 2015, New York University / BS, 2012, University of Florida (cum laude) / BA, 2012, University of Florida (cum laude)
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Industry focus > Cannabis
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Industry focus > Education
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Finance > Fintech
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- International Trade > CFIUS
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Real estate > Real estate
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Healthcare > Service providers
- International Trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)