Biography
Audreina J. Blanding graduated summa cum laude from the University of Baltimore School of Law in 2023 and graduated from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in 2016 with a B.A. in Economics.
While attending law school, Audreina clerked for the Office of the Maryland Attorney General, Courts and Judicial Affairs Division, as well as served as the 2022-23 Linda Kennedy Economic Justice Fellow with the Homeless Persons Representation Project (“HPRP”).
Ms. Blanding was also a competing member of the National Trial Competition Team and helped her team place 2nd at the 2022 Buffalo-Niagara Trial Competition.
In her 3L year, Audreina had the unique opportunity to work with the United Nations' Special Rapporteur and prepared a comprehensive assessment of North Korea’s human rights obligations regarding the trafficking of women and girls—a paper for which she was awarded 1st Place in the 2023 Center for International and Comparative Law Essay Competition.
During her final semester of law school, Audreina interned for the Honorable Justice Shirley M. Watts of the Supreme Court of Maryland. Immediately following law school, Audreina served as the judicial law clerk to Justice Watts.
Upon graduation, Ms. Blanding was inducted into the Heuisler Honor Society for graduating within the top 10% of her class.
Outside of the office, Ms. Blanding enjoys traveling, cooking, and trying new restaurants.
Education
Law
University of Baltimore School of Law, J.D., summa cum laude, 2023
Undergraduate
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, B.A., Economics, 2016
Practice
- General Litigation
- Defense
- Insurance Defense
Court Admissions
Maryland, 2023
