Amber Fayerberg is a civil rights and criminal defense attorney with extensive experience litigating complex cases across state and federal courts. She began her career as a felony prosecutor in Albuquerque's Second Judicial District Attorney's Office, later served as General Counsel to the New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions, and spent several years as an attorney at Freedman Boyd Hollander, where she focused on criminal defense, civil rights, and consumer protection litigation. She has successfully handled matters at trial, on appeal, in post-conviction proceedings, and in mediation and arbitration. Amber maintains an active district court and appellate practice, and has successfully argued before the New Mexico Supreme Court, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the California Court of Appeal.

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Amber has been a leading litigator in pregnancy criminalization and reproductive rights cases throughout the country and in New Mexico. She served as lead appellate counsel and argued State v. Trevizo, in which the New Mexico Supreme Court affirmed suppression of evidence obtained after a hospitalized teenage patient was confronted at her bedside by her medical team and armed police officers, holding that the physician-patient privilege remained intact. She also served as lead counsel in Hidalgo v. Department of Corrections, securing the first ruling in New Mexico affirming that the right to breastfeed is a fundamental right under the New Mexico Constitution. She has collaborated on high-stakes reproductive rights matters with organizations including Pregnancy Justice and the ACLU, and continues this work through direct representation and in partnership with national and local partners.

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Amber is a magna cum laude graduate of the University of New Mexico School of Law, where she was inducted into the Order of the Coif, served as an editor of the New Mexico Law Review, competed on the National Mock Trial Team, and received the Esteban Aguilar Endowed Scholarship for Excellence in Trial Advocacy. She graduated magna cum laude from Tufts University and served as a Teach for America corps member on the Navajo Nation.

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Today, Amber is a co-founding partner of Albuquerque's Fayerberg Dodd, LLC, where she maintains an active criminal and civil rights docket, with a focus on high-profile matters in both state and federal court, while dividing her time between the United States and New Zealand. She is also Of Counsel to Arshack, Hajek & Lehrman in New York City, which assists her national litigation practice, and serves as Vice President of Lawyers for the Rule of Law, a national network of volunteer attorneys providing pro bono representation and amicus support in cases involving government accountability.