Amanda Kellar Karras Biography - Hirsch Roberts Weinstein LLP
AMANDA KELLAR KARRAS
Amanda Kellar Karras focuses her practice on employment law and complex litigation. She has handled age, race, disability, and gender discrimination cases as well as retaliation claims before the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination and the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. In addition to litigation matters, Amanda provides employment law counseling to employers on a wide range of issues including: the Family Medical Leave Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, worker’s compensation, and the American with Disabilities Act. Amanda is also a member of HRW’s Data Security Team, which was created to assist companies in complying with a new and comprehensive array of data security regulations.
Prior to joining Hirsch Roberts Weinstein LLP, Amanda was an associate with Ropes & Gray LLP. While at Ropes & Gray LLP, Amanda focused on complex commercial litigation matters as well as employment counseling and litigation. Amanda has participated in all aspects of litigation and has conducted and participated in multiple depositions. Amanda gained valuable courtroom experience with the Juvenile Justice Clinic at Suffolk University Law School where she regularly made bail and arraignment arguments and argued motions before Juvenile Court Judges. Amanda also has significant immigration law experience.
Practice Areas
- Employment and Discrimination Litigation
- Employment Law Counseling
- Business and Complex Litigation
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Member, Boston Bar Association
Member, American Bar Association
Member, Women’s Bar Association
Member, Massachusetts Bar Association
BAR ADMISSIONS
Massachusetts, 2007
U.S. District Court of Massachusetts (2008)
Publications
Amanda M. Kellar, They’re Just Kids! Does Incarcerating Juveniles with Adults Violate The Eighth Amendment?, 40 Suffolk U. L. Rev 155 (2006).
EDUCATION
Suffolk University Law School, J.D., magna cum laude, 2007
Suffolk University Law Review: Articles Editor (2006-2007);
Staff Author (2005-2006)
Colby College, B.A. Sociology, 2003
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