Weekly Lunch Meeting: Serving the Community: A Day in the Life of a Local Judge

Join Us to hear from Judge Amanda Levy-Reis.

Judge Amanda Levy Reis was appointed as a circuit judge for the Twentieth Judicial Circuit Court by Governor Ron DeSantis. Her public service on the bench began on April 21, 2025 assigned to the Unified Family Court Division in Collier County. Her docket also includes probate cases.

Prior to her appointment, Judge Levy Reis’s diverse legal career was marked by public service and love for her community. She spent more than a decade as a staff attorney for the United States District Court Middle District of Florida, Fort Myers Division. Thereafter, she practiced commercial civil litigation at a mid-size, local law firm, while also serving the Twentieth Judicial Circuit as a traffic court hearing officer in Lee and Hendry counties. Before her ascension to the bench, Judge Levy Reis’s immediate past role was a legal aid attorney at Florida Rural Legal Services, Inc. representing the underserved in family law cases and recruiting attorneys in private practice to assist legal aid clients in pro bono cases.

A native of Southwest Florida, Judge Levy Reis (f/k/a Amanda Lynn Janson) spent her childhood in Bonita Springs, Florida, attending Spring Creek Elementary School, Bonita Springs Middle School, and graduating at the top her class from Estero High School located in Estero, Florida. Thereafter, she attended Stetson University where she majored in Sociology graduating with honors from both Stetson University and Stetson College of Law. Prior to appointment, she served on the board of directors for the Lee County Chapter of Young Life, which is a worldwide Christian organization focused on spreading the gospel to youth.

When not on the bench, Judge Levy Reis is involved in her local church, school sporting events or theater performances, and walking her family’s two goldendoodles.