Amanda Wharton is the Founder and Managing Member of Heritage Legal Search, a legal recruiting firm focused on the placement of attorneys with law firms across the United States, with a strong focus on the California legal market.

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Amanda has extensive legal recruiting experience working with candidates and clients across a broad range of practice areas. For more than a decade, she has worked in affiliation with a well-regarded California-based boutique specializing in attorney search and placement. Through this affiliation, Amanda developed deep knowledge of the California legal market, working with law firms ranging from sophisticated boutiques to leading national and international firms. Earlier in her recruiting career, Amanda served as a director with a national attorney search firm.

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Before entering legal recruiting, Amanda built her career in the retail industry, holding leadership positions with several prominent national retailers, including Toys“R”Us and Barnes & Noble. Following college, she worked as a research assistant in New York City, supporting medical research in the fields of epilepsy and neuropsychiatry and contributing to published research.​

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​Amanda is also committed to giving back to her community. She currently serves on the board of an educational foundation dedicated to supporting a public school and previously served on Monroe College’s MBA Advisory Board. She has also volunteered internationally at Nairobi Hospital in Kenya.