AMANDA WARNER, Local Director, is the Eighth Judicial District's Pro Bono Coordinator, a Staff Attorney position at the Erie County Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers Project (VLP), where her primary focus is to recruit and support volunteer attorneys in each of the 8 counties in the Eighth Judicial District. Prior to joining VLP, Ms. Warner was an associate in the Matrimonial and Family Law Department at Lipsitz Green Scime Cambria LLP. Ms. Warner graduated cum laude from the University at Buffalo School of Law in 2005. She graduated summa cum laude from the University of Maine, Orono, Maine in 2001. Ms. Warner is a member of the New York State Bar Association, the Bar Association of Erie County (BAEC), BAEC's Matrimonial and Family Law Committee and the Women Lawyers of Western New York. She resides in North Buffalo with her husband, Evan Bussiere, and their Boston terrier, Sully.