Amelia Courtney Hritz
Attorney
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J.D. from Cornell Law School, cum laude
• Editor-in-Chief, Cornell Law ReviewPh.D. in Developmental Psychology from Cornell University
M.A. in Forensic Psychology from John Jay College of Criminal Justice
B.A. in Mathematics and Psychology from John Hopkins University, with honors
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Shapiro Arato Bach LLP
Law Clerk to the Hon. Peter W. Hall, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Public Interest Fellow, Cornell Death Penalty Clinic
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Member of the State Bars of New York and South Carolina
Admitted in the the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the Second Circuit Court of Appeals
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Biography
Amelia Courtney Hritz is an attorney in BraunHagey & Borden’s New York office. She represents clients in a broad range of matters including appeals, intellectual property litigation, and criminal defense.
Amelia served as a law clerk to the Honorable Peter W. Hall of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and a public interest fellow litigating capital and juvenile life without parole cases.
Amelia was the first student to receive a J.D. and Ph.D. through Cornell University’s joint law and psychology program. She continues to publish academic articles exploring the role of bias in sentencing and parole decisions and memory errors in confessions and eyewitness statements. She has published in several journals including the American Journal of Criminal Law, Texas Law Review, and UCLA Law Review and has presented at academic conferences and CLE programs.
Personal
Amelia lives in New York. In her free time, she enjoys kayaking on Cayuga lake, taking her bulldog to the park, and rooting for the New York Yankees.
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