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Amanda Levine
Counsel
Amanda Levine represents and defends news and entertainment companies in a broad spectrum of media and First Amendment litigation and content-related matters, ranging from intellectual property, defamation, records and courtroom access, privacy, right-of-publicity, libel, copyright, and trademark issues. She also has experience representing individuals and corporations in commercial and civil litigations, securities litigations, government investigation, and white-collar matters.
Practice Highlights
Claims response and litigation
Represents clients in high-profile defamation, copyright, privacy, and right-of-publicity litigation. Representative cases include defending The Wall Street Journal in a lawsuit brought by President Trump stemming from reporting on Jeffrey Epstein's 50th birthday book, winning dismissal of copyright infringement lawsuit brought against Amazon Studios based on its television series, "Rings of Power," and its original movie, "Master," and representing Simon & Schuster from a motion brought by President Trump's younger brother seeking to enjoin the publication of a memoir written by his niece, Mary Trump. Amanda also handles responses to subpoenas seeking confidential source and newsgathering material and drafts motions requesting access to sealed records from court files.
Pre-publication review
Regularly provides counseling, content review, and fair-use advice to well-known comedy shows, like "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver," as well as for documentaries, docuseries, podcasts, and investigative news reporting. Amanda regularly provides counseling, content review, and fair-use advice to well-known comedy shows, like "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver," as well as for documentaries, docuseries, podcasts, and investigative news reporting.
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Admitted to Practice
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New York, 2017
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U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 2018
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U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, 2021
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U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit, 2021
Education
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J.D., Harvard Law School, 2016, cum laude
- Board of Student Advisers
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B.A., Political Science and English, University of Florida, 2013,
cum laude
- Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society
Professional Recognition
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- Named "One to Watch" by Best Lawyers in Intellectual Property Law, 2024-2026
- Selected to "New York Rising Stars" in Entertainment and Sports, Thomson Reuters, 2020-2024
- Named a "Rising Star," New York Law Journal, 2024
Background
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- Associate, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York, 2016-2018
- Summer Associate, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York, 2015
- Legal Intern, Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General, Boston, 2015
- Legal Intern, Office of the Senate Counsel, Boston, 2014
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