Amanda Wendorff

Practice Areas

International Sports Law, including contract, anti-doping, NCAA eligibility and safeguarding matters. Amanda handles matters across the globe including appeals before the Court of Arbitration for Sport, the Supreme Court for Sport based in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Career

Amanda spent the first several year of her career as a commercial litigator at the Chicago offices of Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Eimer Stahl LLP, representing Fortune 500 companies in complex commercial disputes, class actions, and product liability cases.

After nearly a decade in litigation, Amanda temporarily stepped away from full-time legal practice to pursue elite sport— competing internationally as a professional Ironman triathlete. During that time, she gained extensive practical knowledge of anti-doping regulations, athlete testing protocols, and compliance obligations knowledge shaped not by theory, but by lived experience. She then returned to the legal field armed with a unique perspective and desire to advocate on behalf of athletes and others in the sports field and joined Global Sports Advocates in 2025.

Publications

College Soccer at a Crossroads: Can it Survive?, Football Legal (2026)

Personal

Outside of work, Amanda is an experienced endurance sports coach working with amateur and elite-level athletes across triathlon, running, cycling and swimming. She also trains and races as an amateur triathlete and coaches middle school cross country and track and field.

Jurisdictions Of Expertise

Amanda is admitted to practice law in Illinois.

Education

Harvard Law School, J.D.

The Ohio State University, B.A.

Contact

• Telephone: +1-207-747-5899
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• Website: Amanda Wendorff