Amanda K. Chuzi

Amanda Chuzi is an associate in Cohen Milstein’s Public Client practice. She represents state attorneys general and other public-sector clients in investigations and lawsuits involving false claims and fraudulent and deceptive trade practices.

Prior to joining Cohen Milstein, Amanda was an attorney-adviser at the Office of Legal Counsel at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), where she advised the White House, DOJ leadership, and other Executive Branch agencies on issues related to constitutional law and statutory interpretation. Before that, she was a Trial Attorney at the Federal Programs Branch at DOJ, where she defended the federal government in cases that raised complex questions of constitutional, statutory, and administrative law. Among other things, Amanda defended more than sixty federal defendants in a high-profile First Amendment suit that ultimately resulted in a Supreme Court victory for the government. 

Before joining DOJ, Amanda was a law clerk for the Hon. Randolph D. Moss of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and the Hon. Michelle T. Friedland of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

While attending Columbia Law School, Amanda was an articles editor for the Columbia Law Review. She received the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Prize, which is awarded to students who receive the highest honors for all three years.

Before pursuing a law degree, Amanda spent nearly five years as a legislative aide to U.S. Senator Tim Kaine.

Publications

• Defense Lawmaking, 120 Colum. L. Rev. 995 (2020)
• Can Congress’s “Most Successful Bill” Fix the Legislative Branch? War on the Rocks (June 5, 2020)
• Migrants Are the Victims, Guardian (Jan. 14, 2019)