Amanda L.
DeGroote

Amanda DeGroote is an associate in the firm’s Litigation and Intellectual Property Departments. She primarily focuses her practice on commercial litigation.

EXPERIENCE

Prior to joining Cole Schotz, Amanda served as a law clerk to the Honorable Amanda Maxfield Green, Magistrate Judge for the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma.

Amanda graduated cum laude from The Texas A&M University School of Law, where she served as the Notes and Comments Editor for the Texas A&M Law Review.  During law school, she competed on the mock trial team, served as a teaching assistant, and gained a strong foundation in civil procedure working as a research assistant. Amanda was selected as a Texas A&M Public Interest Fellow, allowing her the opportunity to complete a judicial internship with the Honorable Judge Reed O’Connor in the Northern District of Texas. In addition, Amanda completed a semester long judicial internship with the Honorable Karen Gren Scholer in the Northern District of Texas.

Prior to law school, Amanda graduated cum laude from the University of Tampa, with a degree in Forensic Science, where she focused on chemical analysis.

In her free time, Amanda enjoys playing pickleball, baking, scuba diving, and playing with her cat Olive.