Amos B. Blackman was admitted to the New York State bar in 2010. He became a member of the bars of the U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, in 2010 as well.

Education: Harvard College (A.B., Computer Science, 2001, magna cum laude); Columbia University School of Law (J.D., 2008, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Gender and Law, James Kent Scholar, Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, Allan Morrow Prize, Public Interest Peer of the Year).

Clerkship: Law Clerk to the Hon. Carlos F. Lucero, U.S. Court of Appeals Judge for the Tenth Circuit.

Employment: Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr. Civil Rights Fellow with the law firm of Neufeld Scheck & Brustin, LLP (formerly Cochran Neufeld & Scheck, LLP) from 2009 to 2011. Interned with the Legal Aid Society of San Francisco – Employment Law Center during the summer of 2007 and the ACLU of Southern California during the summer of 2006. While in law school, served in Columbia's Sexuality and Gender Law Clinic and as a teaching assistant to Professor Katherine Franke. Joined Bantle & Levy LLP as an associate in September 2011.

Organizations: Mr. Blackman is currently a member of the National and New York chapters of the National Employment Lawyers Association and the New York chapter of the National Lawyers Guild.

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