Amanda D. Smith

Amanda D. Smith is the chief engagement officer at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP in New York and works to ensure that the workplace experience of every individual at the firm is consistent with the firm’s unique culture. In addition to designing and implementing the firm’s engagement programming, she sup-ports all firm personnel through the development of well-being initiatives. She also oversees the Morgan Lewis Corporate Social Responsibility program, which includes developing skills-based volunteer opportunities for Morgan Lewis personnel globally and executing its sustainability program worldwide.Ms. Smith joined Morgan Lewis in 2003 with a practice focused on appellate litigation. In 2004, she was selected to serve as Morgan Lewis’s first pro bono counsel, and in 2008, she was named pro bono partner. Complementing her advanced degree in international human rights law, Ms. Smith’s pro bono practice historically focused on human rights litigation under the Alien Tort Statute. As part of a larger team, she obtained a $140 million judgment on behalf of four Bosnian Muslims who had been detained and tortured in the former Yugoslavia and a $37 million judgment on behalf of two Peruvian women who had seen their mothers and siblings killed by the Peruvian military. In 2015, Ms. Smith was named the firm’s Associate Talent & Pro Bono Partner and led a firm-wide effort to innovate in and improve all aspects of the firm’s global associate talent management, including associate performance management, compensation, recruiting, retention, training and development. In her current role, she continues to work directly with, and provide strategic guidance to, the firm’s Pro Bono and Associate Talent teams. As a partner in the firm, Ms.Smith also serves on the board of directors of the Morgan Lewis Foundation, the National Center for Ac-cess to Justice and the National Veterans Legal Services Program. In addition, she serves on the EmeritusCouncil of the Association of Pro Bono Counsel, an organization she co-founded in 2006. Ms. Smith is a frequent panelist at the Pro Bono Institute and Equal Justice conferences and is an adjunct professor at Cardozo Law School, where she teaches a course on the private bar response to the access to justice crisis. She received her B.A. magna cum laude in 1994 from Carleton College, her J.D. cum laude in 1997 from theUniversity of Michigan Law School, and her M.St. with distinction in 2005 from the University of Oxford