Amanda Steiner

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Education
• J.D., University of California at Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, 1997
  Articles Editor, Berkeley Women’s Law Journal, 1997
  Associate Editor, Berkeley Journal of Employment and Labor Law (95-96)
• B.A., cum laude, Carleton College, 1991

Admissions
• California;
• Washington;
• United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit;
• United States District Court for the Northern District of California and the Western and Eastern District of Washington

Memberships
• San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association

Amanda M. Steiner is a 1997 graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, where she served as an Associate Editor for the Berkeley Journal of Employment and Labor Law (1995-96) and Articles Editor for the Berkeley Women’s Law Journal (1994-97). She received her undergraduate degree, cum laude, from Carleton College in 1991. Prior to joining Girard Gibbs, Ms. Steiner practiced at Wendel, Rosen, Black & Dean, LLP in Oakland, where she handled a variety of complex litigation matters, including real estate development, construction issues, commercial and real estate contracts, mortgages and trust deeds, and lender-related disputes. Prior to joining Wendel Rosen, Ms. Steiner was associated with law firms in San Francisco and Seattle, where she represented plaintiffs in all phases of class action litigation, with a particular focus on consumer protection, defective product and employment matters. Prior to obtaining her law degree, Ms. Steiner served as an extern for U.S. District Court Judge Marilyn Hall Patel, and also worked as a law clerk for the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the Alameda County District Attorney, and the Hopi Appellate Court Clinic and Tribal Law Project. She is admitted to the California and Washington Bars. She is also admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit as well as the United States District Court for the Northern District of California and the Western and Eastern District of Washington.