Amanda’s practice focuses primarily on medical negligence, personal injury, wrongful death, employment law, and civil rights claims. She received dual B.A.s in Government/Law and German from Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania, after which time she was commissioned into the United States Army. She served four years on active duty, stationed in Germany, and deployed to Iraq in 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

LICENSURE

State of Washington - Admitted June 16, 2010
State of California - Admitted June 2, 2009

EDUCATION

J.D., California Western School of Law, 2008
B.A., Lafayette College, 2001

BAR ACTIVITIES:

• Commissioner Pro Tempore  - Pierce County Superior Court (2022- present)
• Tacoma Pierce County Bar Association Board Member- Immediate Past President (2022)
• Tacoma-Pierce County Bar Association Board Member- President (2021)
• The Honorable Robert J. Bryan American Inn of Court- Member (2012-present)
• Tacoma-Pierce County Bar Association Board Member- Vice President (2020)
• Tacoma-Pierce County Bar Association Board Member- Trustee (2017-2019)
• Tacoma-Pierce County Bar Association Young Lawyers Section Board Member, Secretary (2011-2013)

PRIOR AFFILIATIONS

Attorney, Forsberg & Umlauf, P. S. - Tacoma, WA
Academic Account Manager, Thomson Reuters - San Diego, CA
Law Clerk, Winet, Patrick and Weaver - Vista, CA
Legal Intern, G.R.B. Entertainment, Inc. - Sherman Oaks, CA
Signal Officer, United States Army - Kitzingen, Germany and Baghdad, Iraq