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Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

Additional Information: <P> <center> <img width="200" src="http://www.thedohertylawoffice.com/adoherty.jpg"> <P> <b> Amanda J. Doherty, Esq. </b> </center> <P> Before founding The Doherty Law Office in 2012, Ms. Doherty was a trial attorney at Strike, Goodwin, & O'Brien, a Portland based firm specializing in criminal defense work. There Ms. Doherty represented primarily indigent individuals, appointed to her by the Court, in both criminal and child protection cases. <P> Prior to joining Strike, Goodwin & O'Brien as an attorney, Ms. Doherty served as an intern at the firm for two years during law school, and practiced as a student attorney at the Cumberland Legal Aid Clinic. <P> Ms. Doherty earned her J.D. from the University of Maine School of Law, where she was awarded the Judge Edward T. Gignoux Award for Excellence in Appellate Advocacy. While at Maine Law, she was a regional finalist in the National Trial Competition, served as Co-Chair of the 2008 Moot Court Board, and was President of the Federalist Society Student Chapter of Maine. Ms. Doherty is also a graduate of Fordham University at Lincoln Center, in New York City. There she received an interdisciplinary Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Science. At Fordham, Ms. Doherty was the Captain of her Mock Trial team, and was the recipient of the Senior Leadership Award. <P> Ms. Doherty is admitted to practice before the United States District Court in Maine and all levels of Maine State courts. Ms. Doherty currently serves as Chair of the Criminal Law Section of the Maine State Bar Association, Chair of the Federalist Society Lawyers Chapter of Maine, and Legal Advisor to the My Sister’s Keeper Advisory Board (an organization helping incarcerated women transition back into society). Ms. Doherty is currently a member of the Maine Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and Maine Red Mass Committee. <P> Ms. Doherty is an adjunct professor at the University of Maine School of Law during the Spring semesters, where she teaches the Advanced Trial Advocacy course to third-year students as they prepare for their national trial competition. Ms. Doherty also works as the State Coordinator for the High School Mock Trial Competition, which is sponsored by the Maine State Bar Association and the Maine Bar Foundation.