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Amanda McCaffrey

Associate

Amanda McCaffrey is a superstar… very professional, extremely knowledgeable, and has done exceptionally well navigating our internal personnel changes/challenges. The caliber of her work, ability to communicate, and strong personal skills outpace several outside-counsel I have worked with over the years.

— Client Quote
San Francisco
About

Amanda McCaffrey focuses her practice in ESG and environmental litigation and regulatory law, advising clients on a wide range of issues including compliance, commercial disputes, class actions, sustainability goal-setting and reporting, and other matters.

Amanda counsels businesses of various sizes across numerous sectors on environmental regulatory issues and private disputes. She specializes in navigating complex regulatory issues and emerging topics, including PFAS, microplastics, sustainable recycling practices, extended producer responsibility, emissions and climate risk reporting, and multilateral climate diplomacy. Drawing on her experience working with intergovernmental bodies, government agencies, and human rights organizations, Amanda frequently analyses sustainability risks and opportunities for clients across domestic and international jurisdictions. 

Amanda is an alumna of DLA Piper’s Krantz Fellowship program, which allowed her to devote her first year of practice to pro bono service. She also sits on the firm’s North American and Northern California Pro Bono Committees.

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EXPERIENCE

  • Defending consumer goods companies against claims of greenwashing in state and federal court
  • Defending consumer goods companies against claims of environmental contamination in state and federal court
  • Advising consumer goods and services companies on ESG reporting and developing global compliance programs under California, US, Canada, Australia, UK, and EU law, including regulations related to deforestation, emissions and climate-related risk, and human rights and supply chain management
  • Advising consumer goods and services companies on environmental marketing claims made in sustainability reports, web advertising, and on product labels
  • Defending waste management and recycling company in regulatory enforcement action
  • Representing a sovereign country in negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Education

  • J.D., Stanford Law School

     

    M.F.A, Creative Writing, New York University

     

    B.A., Anthropology, University of California at Berkeley

Awards

  • Justice Seymour Simon Award for pro bono service, 2022 

Pro Bono

  • Counseled a developing country party to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, including drafting negotiating materials for COP26
  • Supported the firm’s participation in the Afghan Women Judges Rescue Project
  • Represented clients seeking immigration relief through USCIS, EOIR, and California state court
  • Represented incarcerated clients seeking post-conviction relief
  • Represented amici curiae in a California appellate court review of a public school district’s eviction proceedings
  • Conducted research for international and domestic nongovernmental organizations

Media Mentions

CIVIC & CHARITABLE

  • Designed and led a policy practicum course at Stanford Law School in which students developed legal and policy solutions to assist high-risk Afghan refugees
  • Designed and led a three-year series of creative writing workshops at two Bay Area jails

My latest insights

Publication

Beginning in 2025, California employers must disclose child labor findings of labor law...

20 December 2024 .6 minute read

Publication

EPA's plastic pollution strategy offers signal to industry and input for state regulatory...

9 December 2024 .5 minute read

Publication

Global Plastics Treaty stalled in intended final negotiating session

6 December 2024 .4 minute read

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