Amanda Maisel

Represent tenants facing Non-Payment and Holdover eviction proceedings in Bronx Housing Court in the Universal Access to Counsel Division of the Bronx Housing Unit.

Reviewed discovery; conducted research; drafted motions; conducted interviews for future DAT clients; conducted client interviews and arraignments; researched the use of partially secured bail bonds

Worked in a team on an ongoing asylum claim. Conducted legal research and developed a case theory. Interviewed supporting witnesses and prepared affidavits. Researched potential expert witnesses on country conditions.

Conducted client & witness interviews; drafted affidavits; helped prepare papers for motion practice; assisted to index evidence.

Worked collaboratively with attorneys representing parents in Child Protective and Termination of Parental Rights Proceedings with a caseload of 75-90 clients. Advocated for parents working to reunify with their children or to keep their children home; attended meetings with ACS & foster care agencies. Ensured parents clients were engaged in meaningful service plans.

Assisted with demonstration defense cases for protesters responding to police violence in San Francisco, Oakland, and North Dakota. Conducted witness interviews. Reviewed, indexed, & organized evidence. Complied and prepared written discovery and documents for depositions, settlements, and mediation. Assisted to draft discovery demands. Attended pre-trial mediation conferences.

Tracked legislation and drafted letters to the legislature on relevant legislation and regulations on behalf of the organization.

Provided resources for to incarcerated people filing pro-se motions related to conditions of confinement, post- conviction relief, & child

visitation rights. Investigated compliance with anti-shackling laws for pregnant prisoners. Drafted medical advocacy letters.

Counseled clients on how to access care, appeal denials, and enroll in benefits. Analyzed national data on Medicare Savings Program and presented a report on how to improve MRC’s screening process and boost enrollment in programming for low-incomebeneficiaries above the income or asset cutoff for Medicaid.

Conducted outreach to public defenders offices, and staff at the mayor's office of criminal justice and in the department of corrections to indetntify medically vulnerable and trans individuals at Rikers in need of bail. Arranged and facilitated payments of Partially Secured Bonds & cash bail. Assisted with arrangment of with post release housing and transportation with orgs such as GLITZ and Exodus. Helped manage social media. Attended and provided public comment at City Council and BOC meetings.

Organized Fordham Advocates for the Incarcerated student members to attend RAPP’s meetings and partiiapte in RAPP's direct actions; helped organize online campaign in support of clemency for elder and medically vulnerable people in prison during COVID; represented RAPP in partnership with the Confined Arts and the Columbia Center for Institutional and Social Change on Clemency Awareness Campaign. Launched and temporarily maintained RAPP's Instagram social media presence.