AMANDA M. SEARLE
Associate
Phone: 253.572.4200
Email: asearle@forsberg-umlauf.com
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PRACTICE EMPHASIS AND EXPERIENCE
Construction Litigation
General Liability Defense
Product Liability
Professional Liability
Amanda is an Associate at Forsberg & Umlauf, P.S., working primarily in our Tacoma Office. Her defense practice areas include personal injury, medical and professional malpractice, product liability, construction defect, construction site accident and general liability claims.
Before joining Forsberg & Umlauf, P.S., Amanda worked for West, a Thomson Reuters business, as a Research Attorney in San Diego. Prior to joining their team, Amanda worked at Winet Patrick & Weaver in California, focusing on education litigation, construction defect, and labor and employment law. Amanda served four years on active duty in the United States Army as a Signal Officer, stationed in Germany, and deployed to Iraq in 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
EDUCATION
J.D., California Western School of Law, 2008
-- Honors in Creative Problem Solving
-- American Jurisprudence Academic Achievement Award: Negotiation
-- Pro Bono Honor Society
B.A., Lafayette College, 2001
Bar / cOURT ADMISSIONS
State of Washington
State of California
United States District Court, Southern District of California
PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC INVOLVEMENT
Washington State Bar Association
California Bar Association
King County Bar Association
Tacoma-Pierce County Bar Association
American Bar Association
ARTICLES AND PRESENTATIONS
Author: "Release the Dogs: Creating a Social Remedy to the Dogfighting Epidemic," adopted by the non-profit organization Knock Out Dog Fighting, for which Amanda is an advisor.
