Amanda M. Richards

Amanda M. Richards is a civil litigation attorney with Carmoney Law Firm, PLLC, working from its Quad Cities office in Bettendorf, Iowa. Her practice emphasizes personal injury defense, traumatic brain injury claims, dram shop litigation, and medical and pharmaceutical malpractice. Amanda also handles employment and labor disputes, premises liability, insurance bad faith cases, and appeals. She has practiced civil litigation since 2003 and joined her current firm in 2025.

Amanda earned a B.A., summa cum laude, from Illinois College in 2000 and a J.D., with honors, from Drake University in 2003. Early in her career, she gained experience in an insurance company’s legal department before spending approximately twenty years in private practice in Davenport. Her education and insurance-related background support her work in complex litigation involving medical evidence, legal standards of care, and trial and appellate procedure.

Amanda handles administrative and civil appeals in Iowa and Illinois and has experience with a wide range of defense cases. She regularly speaks at professional conferences about discovery, trial techniques, and training younger lawyers. In 2021, the Iowa Supreme Court appointed her to the Iowa Rules of Evidence Substantive Review Task Force, which evaluated proposed changes to evidentiary rules. Her practice combines courtroom advocacy, legal writing, and professional education.

Amanda M. Richards is a Fellow of the Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers and serves on its Board of Governors. She was president of the Iowa Defense Counsel Association in 2023 and 2024 and previously served on its board. Her listed honors include the DRI Exceptional Performance Citation and awards from Iowa defense counsel organizations. Amanda’s experience centers on defending clients in complex civil disputes and guiding cases through trial and appeal.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Carmoney Law Firm, PLLC
• Member, Iowa State Bar Association
• Member, Illinois State Bar Association
• Fellow and Board of Governors, Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers
• Member, Association of Defense Trial Attorneys
• President, Iowa Defense Counsel Association (2023-2024)
• Member, Defense Research Institute
• Member, Civil Jury Database Committee
• Member, Iowa Rules of Evidence Substantive Review Task Force (2021)

Licensed State

• Iowa
• Illinois

Education

• Drake University
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Illinois College
  Bachelor of Arts (BA) (Summa Cum Laude)

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