Amanda Bryant Mason, Esq.
Areas of Practice:
- Criminal Defense
- Immigration & Nationality Law
Biography:
Amanda Mason represents clients in a wide range of immigration and criminal matters for both individuals and businesses.
Amanda’s immigration practice includes significant experience in deportation/removal, greencards, adjustment of status, fiancé petitions, and naturalization/citizenship. For her business clients, she provides counsel on employment visas and immigration compliance training, including I-9 audits, national origin discrimination training, and raid preparation.
Amanda’s criminal service offerings include representation on state and federal matters, including traffic, firearms, domestic violence, DWI, and drug/narcotic offenses.
Amanda’s experience has also enabled her to provide complete service to individuals that face both criminal and immigration issues. She commonly advises other criminal defense attorneys regarding the consequences of convictions for non-citizens.
In addition to her frequent article publications, Amanda enjoys the opportunity to lecture audiences of attorneys, employers, and/or other individuals regarding the practice, politics, and procedures of immigration and criminal law.
North Carolina State Bar
U.S. District Courts for Eastern District of North Carolina
J.D., University of Arizona, 2003
B.A., Southern Methodist University, 1998
North Carolina Bar Association; Member, Immigration Law Committee
Wake County Bar Association; Young Lawyer’s Division, Chairperson, Ask A Lawyer, 2005 and 2006
American Immigration Lawyers Association, Member
North Carolina World Trade Association; Past Vice President, Triangle Chapter
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers – Member
Solving the Problem of Conflict Diamonds in Sierra Leone: Proposed Market Theories and International Legal Requirements for Certification of Origin, 19 Ariz. J. Int’l & Comp. Law 939, Fall 2002
Adoption: What’s Involved? Legal Insights, Spring 2006
Social Security “No-Match” Letters: What’s an Employer to Do? Legal Insights, Summer 2006
Immigration Reform Update: What Employers Need to Know About the Current Debate, Legal Insights, Fall 2007
Avoiding Pitfalls in Immigration Law, Legal Insights, Spring 2008
Practicing: Immigration
