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Amelia Courtney Hritz

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Associate

Phone: 212-257-4887

ahritz@shapiroarato.com

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Amelia’s practice focuses on litigation. Prior to joining Shapiro Arato Bach LLP in October 2020, Amelia clerked for a federal appellate judge and was a fellowship attorney engaged in capital and juvenile life without parole litigation. Amelia’s academic work focused on psychology and criminal law. Her research has appeared in the American Journal of Criminal Law, Texas Law Review, and UCLA Law Review.

Phone: 212-257-4887

ahritz@shapiroarato.com

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Education

Cornell University

J.D., cum laude, 2017;
Ph.D., Developmental Psychology, 2018

Editor-in-Chief, Cornell Law Review

John Jay College of Criminal Justice, C.U.N.Y.

M.A., Forensic Psychology, 2012

Johns Hopkins University

B.A., with honors, Mathematics, Psychology, 2009

CLERKSHIPS

Judge Peter W. Hall

U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit

Bar admissions

New York

South Carolina

Education

Cornell University

J.D., cum laude, 2017;
Ph.D., Developmental Psychology, 2018

Editor-in-Chief, Cornell Law Review

John Jay College of Criminal Justice, C.U.N.Y.

M.A., Forensic Psychology, 2012

Johns Hopkins University

B.A., with honors, Mathematics, Psychology, 2009

Amelia Courtney Hritz

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Associate

Amelia’s practice focuses on litigation. Prior to joining Shapiro Arato Bach LLP in October 2020, Amelia clerked for a federal appellate judge and was a fellowship attorney engaged in capital and juvenile life without parole litigation. Amelia’s academic work focused on psychology and criminal law. Her research has appeared in the American Journal of Criminal Law, Texas Law Review, and UCLA Law Review.