Jeffrey J. Amato

Associate

Jeffrey Amato is an associate with the firm's Litigation Department.  He represents corporations, financial institutions, and professional partnerships in complex white collar and corporate internal investigations, tax litigation, IRS controversy matters, and other complex civil litigation.  Mr. Amato has experience in both state and federal courts, administrative forums, as well as in arbitration and mediation. 

Mr. Amato also provides pro bono representation to indigent criminal defendants in federal court and New York appellate courts.

Prior to joining Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, Mr. Amato served as law clerk to the Honorable Arthur D. Spatt, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York.  Prior to his clerkship, Mr. Amato was an attorney with the United States Department of Homeland Security where he prosecuted numerous civil enforcement actions against individuals, air carriers, shippers, and other regulated entities.  During his tenure, he received an interim appointment as Special Assistant to the Chief Counsel of the Transportation Security Administration.  Following his graduation from law school, Mr. Amato was an Honors Attorney with the Office of the General Counsel of the United States Department of Transportation. 

Selected Activities

  • Federal Bar Council

Publications

  • Author, The MTA, It's Not "Going Your Way"-Liability of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Under FELA : Greene v. Long Island R.R., St. John's Law Review, Vol. 75, Issue 113 (2001).

Education

  • St. John's University School of Law, 2002, J.D., cum laude , Managing Editor Law Review
  • St. John's University, 1999, B.A., summa cum laude

Bar Admissions

  • New York

Court Admissions

  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York