Amelia Green / Partner

Amelia is widely recognized as one of the country’s top civil rights trial lawyers under 40. Her practice focuses on wrongful convictions and jail misconduct. Amelia obtained the two highest wrongful conviction settlements in the history of Philadelphia, and has won multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements in jurisdictions across the country. In 2023, Amelia was profiled by Super Lawyers magazine as a “Rising Star” in the legal profession and for her expertise in high-stakes civil rights litigation.

Representative Successes:

• Berry v. Las Vegas Metro Police Department: $14.5 million settlement for 22 years wrongful incarceration; highest wrongful conviction settlement in Nevada history.
• Lewis v. City of New Haven: $15 million total award for Connecticut man who spent 19 years wrongfully imprisoned based on acts of corrupt detective.
• Hatchett v. City of New York: $14.75 million in total settlements for fabrication of eyewitness identification evidence, causing nearly 25 years of wrongful incarceration.
• Connor v. City of New York: approximately $11 million in total settlements for 16 years wrongful incarceration caused by detectives’ coercion of an unreliable informant.
• Wright v. City of Philadelphia: $9.85 million wrongful conviction settlement for fabricating confession and planting evidence—largest wrongful conviction settlement ever with the Philadelphia Police Department.
• Hollman v. City of Philadelphia: $9.8 million pre-filing settlement—second largest wrongful conviction settlement ever with the Philadelphia Police Department.  
• Santiago v. United States: $1.18 million settlement for 3 women sexually abused by correctional officer in NYC federal jail.
• Tapp v. City of Idaho Falls: $11.7 million settlement for 20 years wrongful incarceration; largest wrongful conviction settlement in Idaho.
• Denny v. City of New York: with co-counsel Cravath, Swain & Moore, LLP, obtained $14.75 million in total settlements for 29 years of wrongful imprisonment.