Background
Amendola, Madelene C. was born on August 14, 1952 in New Haven, Connecticut, United States.
Amendola, Madelene C. was born on August 14, 1952 in New Haven, Connecticut, United States.
Bryn Mawr College (Bachelor of Arts, 1974). University of Connecticut School of Law (Juris Doctor, with honors, 1990).
Worked at Lionel Sawyer & Collins (Las Vegas, Nevada) specializing in General Civil and Trial Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Administrative Law, Bankruptcy, Health Care, Hotel and Resort Law, Real Estate and Construction, Financial Services, Mining, Probate, Labor Taxation, Natural Resource and Environmental Law, Public Utilities, Land Use Planning and Zoning and Gaming Law. Intellectual Property Law, Immigration Law.
Admitted to the bar, 1990, Connecticut. 1991, Nevada.
Recipient: Fleming James Award for Excellence in Labor Law, 1990. Associate Editor, Connecticut Journal of International Law, 1988-1990.
Law Clerk to The Honorary Antoinette L. Dupont, Chief Judge of the Connecticut Appellate Court, 1990-1991. Author: "American Employees As Second Class Citizens: The Permissible Discrimination," Connecticut Journal of International Law, Spring, 1990. Member: Washoe County and American Bar Associations.
State Bar of Nevada. (Resident, Reno Office). The firm was founded in 1967 by Las Vegas litigator Sam Lionel and former Nevada Governor Grant Sawyer, now deceased. With the addition of former Nevada Supreme Court Chief Justice Jon Collins, now deceased, the firm adopted its current name.
The firm grew to become the largest private law firm in Nevada. Today the firm provides fully-staffed offices in Las Vegas and Reno, serving Nevada, national and international clients.
Member: Washoe County and American Bar Associations. State Bar of Nevada. (Resident, Reno Office).