Eckert Seamans Expands Aviation Practice with Arrival of Washington, D.C. Associate Amanda Geary
February 21, 2023
National law firm Eckert Seamans has added Amanda Geary as an Associate in the Aviation practice group. She joins Eckert Seamans’ Washington, D.C. office having most recently served as an attorney advisor at the Federal Aviation Administration’s Office of the Chief Counsel.
In her role with the Federal Aviation Administration, Geary advised on regulatory and statutory compliance for airmen certification and aerospace operations. She also has experience serving as a federal judicial law clerk for the U.S. District Court of New Mexico, where she worked on civil litigation matters including discovery disputes, pre-trial hearings, dispositive motions, jury and bench trials, post-trial motions, fee disputes, and settlement enforcements. Geary earned her J.D. from Duquesne University School of Law and her B.A. from Allegheny College.
Eckert Seamans’ Aviation practice counsels a broad client base on regulatory and legislative issues, transactional and corporate matters, litigation, employment, intellectual property, and other commercial matters. Attorneys in the cross-disciplinary group advise clients in the aviation, aerospace, airport, security, and technology sectors, including U.S. and foreign airlines, airport operators, charter operators, cargo handling companies, security and technology companies, airports, and trade associations. The practice was nationally ranked for Transportation: Aviation: Regulatory in the Chambers USA 2022 guide.