Amanda Korber

Amanda Korber is Supervising Attorney in the Housing Law Unit.  She represents low-income tenants in eviction and housing conditions cases before the D.C. Superior Court. She also litigates housing law claims before administrative bodies, such as the D.C. Housing Authority and the Office of Administrative Hearings. Amanda is also the Project Director of Legal Aid DC’s Reentry Justice Project. In this role she handles criminal record sealing motions in DC Superior Court. She also supervises staff attorneys and pro bono attorneys who also take on these record sealing matters. Prior to starting her current roles in March 2025, Amanda held a variety of positions at Legal Aid since she joined in January 2015, including serving as the Director of Community Engagement and Policy. 

 

Before joining Legal Aid DC, Amanda was an attorney at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, where she worked on fair housing matters. She also served as Senior Litigation Counsel in the Office of Enforcement at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. 

 

Amanda received her B.A., summa cum laude, from Stony Brook University. She received her J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School. While in law school, she also served as a student attorney in the Predatory Lending and Consumer Protection Clinic, and worked as a legal intern at Greater Boston Legal Services and the ACLU of Michigan.