Andrea Amodeo-Vickery

In addition to her representation of thousands of plaintiffs in Personal Injury cases, claimants in Workers' Compensation cases, employees in employment cases and defendants in criminal cases, she has served as both an arbitrator and mediator for private pay as well as N.H. Superior Court Rule 170 cases. She was trained as one of the first Rule 170 mediators and subsequently completed the advanced multi-day training course that had been offered to only a select number of Rule 170 mediators.

During her thirty years as a trial attorney, Attorney Amodeo-Vickery has developed a varied and statewide trial practice. The location of her practice has made it possible to represent people from Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and New York, who either have been injured in car accidents or were arrested in New Hampshire. In addition, she represents New Hampshire residents from all over the state of New Hampshire and in all of the district and county courts. She has completed many specialized training programs conducted by the National College for DUI Defense, DUI defense specialists recognized by the American Bar Association.

As a member of this elite group of lawyers, she is dedicated to protecting the constitutional rights of those accused of Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol or Drugs. In addition, she is one of a small group of defense lawyers in New Hampshire who has been certified in the Standardized Field Sobriety Tests (SFST's), which are the battery of tests administered by the police to assess a driver's level of intoxication. Furthermore, she is a Certified Breath Test Operator in New Hampshire. In the area of personal injury law, she has attended numerous advanced seminars in all aspects of the practice; she has similar experience in the workers' compensation and employment law areas of her practice.

She has been a teacher on the panels of N.H. CLE (Continuing Legal Education) programs in all of her practice areas. Attorney Amodeo-Vickery is actively involved in many civic and professional organizations. For many years, she was president of the American Stage Festival Board of Trustees. She was also appointed to the N.H. Retirement Board of Trustees by then Governor Jeanne Shaheen and served from 1997 to 2004.

Attorney Amodeo-Vickery graduated from Hobart & William Smith College in Geneva, New York in 1972. She received her J.D. from University of New Hampshire School of Law (formerly Franklin Pierce Law Center) in Concord, New Hampshire in 1978. She and her husband Rick, an accomplished musician, reside in Amherst. Their daughter Tess graduated from Wesleyan University in Middleton, Connecticut in 2007.