Amanda J. Werve

Amanda J. Werve

Attorney

Amanda Werve joined Mirabella, Kincaid, Frederick & Mirabella as an Associate attorney in May 2024, after working as a Legal Assistant with the firm since June 2019. Amanda graduated from Columbia College Chicago in 2010. Amanda obtained her law degree from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law in December 2023.

Amanda is a first-generation attorney. During Amanda’s second year of law school, she received Best Respondent Oralist in the November 2022 Dean Fred F. Herzog Moot Court Competition. Then in her third year of law school, she received third Best Petitioner’s Brief in the March 2023 John J. Gibbons Moot Court Competition in New Jersey. Amanda was a 711 licensed student and worked with the UIC Law Pro Bono Litigation Clinic. Her role as a student attorney was to represent Cook County clients with Family Law issues or expungement needs, by conducting intakes, filing petitions, and representing clients in court.

When not practicing law, Amanda likes spending time with family and friends, traveling, watching and playing sports, and being outdoors.

Practice Areas:

  • Family Law
  • Labor and Employment Law
  • Unemployment

Bar Admissions:

  • Illinois, 2024

Education:

  • University of Illinois Chicago School of Law, J.D., December 2023
  • Columbia College Chicago, B.A., Film/Cinema/Video Studies, 2010

Professional Associations and Memberships:

  • Illinois State Bar Association
  • DuPage County Bar Association

Relevant Past Employment Positions

  • Mirabella, Kincaid, Frederick, & Mirabella, LLC – Legal Assistant June 2019 – May 7, 2024.
  • UIC Law Pro Bono Litigation Clinic - 711 licensed student

Honors and Awards

  • 3rd Best Petitioner’s Brief - Issued by John J. Gibbons Moot Court Competition · Mar 2023 - Issued by John J. Gibbons Moot Court Competition · Mar 2023. Associated with University of Illinois Chicago School of Law
  • Best Respondent Oralist - Issued by Dean Fred F. Herzog Moot Court Competition · Nov 2022 Issued by Dean Fred F. Herzog Moot Court Competition · Nov 2022. Associated with University of Illinois Chicago School of Law. 127 students participated in the competition this semester.
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