Amanda M. Blau

• Representing a large pharmaceutical company, as national counsel, in a consumer class action litigation where the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed all claims with prejudice.  Amanda also worked to successfully defeat plaintiffs’ petition to coordinate more than 30 product liability lawsuits in a multi-district litigation for this client. 
• Trial counsel for a consumer health products company that obtained a unanimous jury verdict after a five-week trial of claims that client’s talcum powder product contributed to a woman’s ovarian cancer diagnosis. 
• Represented Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health (BIAH) in a sharply contested litigation in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York.

Amanda maintains an active pro bono practice and has been a recipient of the Sidley Austin LLP Pro Bono Award each year at the firm. She was also honored as a pro bono partner at the 2021 Brooklyn Defender Services’ Family Defense Benefit for her work in helping to secure a win in the New York Supreme Court Appellate Division - Second Department, successfully overturning a family court decision. 

As part of Sidley’s Pro Bono team, Amanda also worked with the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) and the International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP), to achieve a settlement in a case challenging the blanket denial of parole to asylum seekers detained at the Buffalo Federal Detention Center in Batavia, New York.

She serves as a junior board member for Pencils of Promise, a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating schools, programs, and global communities around the common goal of education for all.