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Amanda Rice

Amanda Rice

Amanda Rice's practice focuses on appellate advocacy, critical motions, and difficult legal questions. Amanda is a skilled brief writer with a sharp pen and a strategic eye. She has particular experience in the U.S. Supreme Court, where she has played a primary role in drafting many merits briefs, several successful petitions for certiorari, and a number of significant amicus briefs. She has also drafted scores of winning briefs filed in federal and state appellate courts. And she regularly leads legal strategy and substantive motion practice in trial courts. Amanda's practice covers a broad range of substantive areas, but she has particular experience with constitutional questions, complex statutory schemes, arbitration issues, and class actions. Amanda serves as the Detroit Office's pro bono partner and maintains an active pro bono practice that focuses on civil rights, sentencing questions, LGBTQ issues, and immigration .Amanda has taught legal writing at the University of Michigan Law School and firearms law at Wayne State Law School. She also served as a law clerk for Justice Elena Kagan on the U.S. Supreme Court, Judge David S. Tatel on the D.C. Circuit, and Judge James E. Boasberg on the D.C. District Court.
Bret Stancil

Bret Stancil

Bret Stancil regularly advises leading corporate and private equity clients on significant M&A transactions and related corporate matters. Bret represents private and public companies and private equity firms across a wide range of industries, including technology and software, life sciences, internet and digital media, and retail and consumer products. He advises clients on a full spectrum of general corporate matters and strategic transactions, including: Public and private mergers Acquisitions Dispositions Carve-outs Growth equity investments Leveraged buyouts Leveraging the resources of the firm’s global platform, Bret delivers pragmatic and solution-oriented advice that allows clients to quickly execute on significant transactions and achieve their business objectives effectively and efficiently. Before joining Latham, Bret practiced at a leading international law firm in New York.