PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:

Maryland State Bar Association

Anne Arundel County Bar Association

AMANDA LESHER OLEAR

Amanda Lesher Olear is an associate of the law firm Council, Baradel, Kosmerl & Nolan, P.A.  Ms. Olear joined the firm in September, 2006.

After graduating from the University of Maryland School of Law in 2004, Ms. Olear clerked in the Maryland Court of Appeals for the Honorable Lynne A. Battaglia until August, 2006.  Ms. Olear’s practice is primarily focused on business law and appellate practice.

Ms. Olear was admitted to practice law in the State of Maryland in 2004 and in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland in 2005.

PUBLICATIONS:

Co-author, Hiding the Ball: The Need for Abandoning the Immediate Custodian Rule for Writs of Habeas Corpus Filed by Immigrant Detainees, University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class, Vol. 4, No. 1 (Fall, 2004).