Amanda Newins
Amanda is an Attorney at Shannon & Associates, P.C., focusing her practice on criminal and civil litigation. Amanda previously served for several years as a prosecutor in Chesapeake, where she handled primarily adult felony cases. She is on the Chesapeake City Council.
Amanda has litigated complex felony matters and developed special interests in animal law and driving under the influence offenses. Beyond her practice, Amanda serves on the Board of Directors for the Young Lawyers Conference (YLC) of the Virginia State Bar as well as the Women’s Division of the Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce Chesapeake (WDHRCCC). She also serves on the Executive Board of the Chesapeake Bar Association as Vice President. Amanda lives in Chesapeake with her husband, where the two enjoy opening their home to shelter dogs as volunteers and fosters with the Chesapeake Humane Society.
- Juris Doctor, Regent University School of Law, 2016
- James Madison University, 2014
- Supreme Court of Virginia, 2016
- Virginia State Bar, Young Lawyers Conference Board of Governors, past Co-Chair Public Relations Committee and past 1st Judicial District Representative
- Chesapeake Bar Association, Board of Directors and Treasurer
- Women’s Division Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce Chesapeake, 2nd Vice President and Board of
- Directors
- Chesapeake Division Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce, Board of Directors
- James Kent Inn of Court
- Virginia Beach Bar Association
- Virginia Bar Association
- Rotary Club of Chesapeake
- Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 9
- Virginia Association of Criminal Defense
- Virginia Federation of Humane Societies
- Virginia State Bar Young Lawyers Conference Significant Service Award, 2019
