The Cayuga County District Attorney’s Office has promoted longtime prosecutor Amanda Casselman to chief of local courts and added a new attorney to its staff, according to a press release from the office.
District Attorney Brittany Grome Antonacci announced the promotion, citing Casselman’s more than 10 years of prosecutorial experience and her extensive work in local courts across the county.
Casselman has spent eight years with the Cayuga County District Attorney’s Office and has served as the primary assistant district attorney in Auburn City Court. She has also handled cases in 18 of the county’s 27 town and village courts, worked with specialty courts, and appeared regularly in County Court.
Her work has focused largely on vehicular crimes. She serves on the Cayuga County Traffic Safety Board and Cayuga County STOP DWI, where she takes part in prevention efforts through community outreach, training, and educational materials.
As chief of local courts, Casselman will oversee the training of newer assistant district attorneys assigned to local courts throughout the county.
The office also welcomed Amber Benjamin, who joined in August as a certified law associate. She is expected to serve as an assistant district attorney after her admission to the New York State Bar in April.
Benjamin earned her undergraduate degree from Keuka College and her law degree from Syracuse University College of Law. The district attorney’s office said she is looking forward to beginning her prosecutorial career and serving the Cayuga County community.
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