Madeleine Hoss
Admissions
Georgia
Education
J.D., University of Georgia School of Law, 2024
B.A., University of Georgia, 2020 (Summa Cum Laude)
Madeleine Hoss is an associate in Oliver Maner’s litigation department and focuses on county and municipal liability. Originally from Cumming, Georgia, Madeleine graduated summa cum laude from the University of Georgia in 2020 with a B.A. in Political Science and International Affairs and a minor in Spanish. She earned her J.D. from the University of Georgia School of Law in 2024. During law school, Madeleine spent a summer working in the law school’s Community HeLP clinic, where she represented clients in their immigration petitions, four of whom received visas. The following summer, she worked as a summer associate with Oliver Maner.
While in law school, Madeleine was an active member of the moot court team. She competed on the Jessup International Moot Court team, earning the award of Third Best Oralist at the 2023 Washington, D.C. Regional. Throughout law school, Madeleine served as research assistant to Professors Melissa J. Durkee and Lori C. Ringhand.
During her third year of law school, Madeleine participated in the law school’s Appellate Litigation clinic and presented argument at the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in a case involving 42 U.S.C. § 1983 excessive force claims by a pro se litigant. On July 11, 2024, the Fourth Circuit, in an unpublished per curiam opinion, agreed with the clinic’s arguments and remanded the case back to the district court. Stout v. Preston County Sheriff’s Department, No. 21-7231, 2024 WL 3372915 (4th Cir. July 11, 2024).