DAMON AMYX

1101 Quincy Avenue, Dunmore, Pennsylvania 18510

(408) 313-1832 · damon@amyx.org

BAR MEMBERSHIP State of California, 2009

Education Vermont Law School, South Royalton, Vermont

J.D., magna cum laude, May 2009

· GPA: 3.73; Class rank: 5/184

· Vermont Law Review, Senior Managing Editor, 2008–2009; Staff Member, 2007–2008

· Vermont Law School Dean’s Fellow, 2008–2009

· Dean’s List all semesters

· Vermont Law School Scholar

· Academic Excellence Award for Judicial Opinion Writing; Corporations; Civil Procedure II; Property

Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California

B.A., magna cum laude, Philosophy, 2005

· Phi Beta Kappa, inducted 2005

· Sourisseau Prize 2005

Academy of Art College, San Francisco, California

· Pursued studies in graphic design, 2001–2002

Legal Experience U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania

Law Clerk to the Hon. Mildred E. Methvin, May 2011–Present

· Draft Reports and Recommendations for motions including summary judgment, dismissal, judgment on the pleadings, and Rule 11 sanctions

Law Clerk to the Hon. William T. Prince, April 2010–April 2011

· See above.

San Francisco City Attorney’s Office

Legal Intern, Land Use Team, June–August 2008

· Projects include advising the City on revisions to its blight-abatement code and defending a First Amendment challenge to the City’s billboard restrictions

Homeless Advocacy Project, San Francisco, California

Legal Intern, May–August 2007

· Held primary responsibility for ten clients, focusing on eviction and SSI issues; drafted motions for submission to state courts; drafted letters and briefs on behalf of clients

Publication Note, The Toll of Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly: An Argument for Taking the Edge off the Advantage Given Defendants, published at 33 Vt. L. Rev. 323 (2008)