About Amanda K.
Amanda K. Brooks took a measured path into the law. She combined business training with legal study, graduating from the University of North Florida with a B.A. in Business Administration and corporate finance in 2009 and earning her J.D. from the University of Florida in 2012. Those years shaped the practical orientation of her early career.
Her time at law school coincided with hands-on placements that exposed her to both courtroom procedure and corporate operations. In 2010 she externed for The Honorable Thomas E. Morris, United States Magistrate Judge, gaining firsthand experience with federal practice and judicial process. The following year she accepted an externship at Fidelity National Financial and a law clerk position at Jimerson & Wilson, PA, roles that introduced her to transactional work and day-to-day client counseling.
Brooks entered private practice immediately after law school. In 2012 she joined Driver, McAfee, Peek & Hawthorne, P.L. as an associate. That role came on the heels of her clerkship and externships and extended her exposure to civil practice within a firm setting. Her early years as an associate involved research, drafting, and appearing in court under supervision, tasks that built practical litigation and client-management skills.
Colleagues and supervisors over the years have noted the continuity between her academic training and practical work. Her business degree informed how she approached corporate and financial questions, while the judicial externship sharpened her procedural judgment. Her clerkship and associate experience brought those threads together in client representation, document preparation, and courtroom advocacy when required.
Brooks’s resume reflects steady progression rather than a series of abrupt shifts. She moved from education into structured, supervised practice and then into full professional roles. That arc shows a lawyer who has collected a range of relevant experiences and used them to serve clients in both transactional and litigation settings. She currently practices law, applying her litigation experience, judicial clerking background, and corporate externship experience to her legal work.
