OVERVIEW

Amanda has spent her entire academic and professional life pursuing a passion for advocacy as a check on powerful institutions, knowing that those without resources are those most vulnerable to exploitation. Ms. Lee-DasGupta has brought this dedication to the firm’s complex tort, environmental, and human rights practices. Her tireless work on behalf of plaintiffs was recognized in 2022, when she was named a Rising Star of the Plaintiff’s Bar by the National Law Journal.

Clients

Amanda’s clients include individuals and entities harmed by corporate actors. In a groundbreaking human rights case, Amanda and the Hausfeld team represent a putative class of Sudanese Americans against a bank that violated U.S. sanctions by serving as Sudan’s banker and enabling the Sudanese government to commit acts of genocide upon its own people.

Amanda represents public entities against corporate polluters in her environmental work, bringing claims for water contamination and natural resource damages liability. In her mass tort practice, Amanda works on behalf of individuals injured by pharmaceuticals and medical devices. She currently serves on the Law and Briefing Committee for In Re: Philips Recalled CPAP, Bi-Level Pap, and Mechanical Ventilator Products Litigation.

EDUCATION

The George Washington University Law School, J.D., 2014

Butler University, summa cum laude, B.A., 2011

BAR ADMISSIONS

District of Columbia

Florida

AFFILIATIONS

GWU Public Contract Law Journal and the Mock Trial Board, Former Member

Phi Beta Kappa

WHAT OTHER SAY

Lawdragon

500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers since 2023
500Leading Global Litigation Lawyer since 2023
500 Leading Litigators in America in 2022

EXPERIENCE

Environmental & Product Liability

Boston Youth Tobacco Litigation – Amanda is part of the case team in which the firm is actively is prosecuting individual catastrophic injury and wrongful death claims in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts against Tobacco manufacturers.
Chinese Manufactured Drywall Litigation – Amanda is part of the case team representing homeowners alleging Chinese manufactured drywall used in their homes was defective.
Zofran Products Liability Litigation – Amanda is part of the case team representing mothers who were prescribed the anti-nausea medication Zofran (ondansetron) during their first trimester of pregnancy and who delivered children who suffered birth defects.
Proton Pump Inhibitor Litigation
Environmental Whistleblower Litigation

Human Rights

Padre et al. v. MVM - Hausfeld represents families that were unlawfully separated pursuant to the unconstitutional family separation policy implemented during the first Trump administration. The defendant in this class action lawsuit is MVM, Inc., the private security contractor that transported thousands of migrant children away from their parents. The plaintiffs bring human rights claims for enforced disappearance, torture, and cruel and inhumane treatment under the Alien Tort Statute, among other claims.

Amanda Lee-Dasgupta