Amanda Almeda advises clients—both individuals and corporations—on product liability matters. She has also assisted with issues involving insurance coverage, cybersecurity, personal injury, property disputes, and professional malpractice.
Before joining Hinshaw, Amanda was a law clerk and summer associate with the firm. She was also a law clerk for a firm in Oakland, California, where she assisted with employment law matters. Amanda also served as a legal extern for the Domestic Violence Unit of the King County Prosecutor's Office in Seattle.
While she was a law student, Amanda competed on Berkeley Law's Mock Trial team and was an Articles Editor for the Berkeley Business Law Journal. She was also involved in the Samuelson Law, Technology, and Public Policy Clinic and served as co-chair of the Pilipinx American Law Society. She graduated with a Public Interest and Social Justice Certificate.
Prior to starting law school and embarking on her legal career, Amanda was a marketing professional in the technology industry. She helped develop the go-to-market strategy for an enterprise cloud computing portfolio and also led marketing campaign projects for financial services technology.
Professional Affiliations
- Filipino Bar Association of Northern California
- National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
- National Association of Women Lawyers
Publications
- Moderator, "A Time to Take a Stand: Combating Hate Crimes Against the AAPI Community," Hinshaw DEI Panel Discussion with Congressman Ted W. Lieu and Commissioner Janani Ramachandran, Virtual Event, May 11, 2021
- Contributor, Comparative Equality and Anti-Discrimination Law, Third Edition, 2020
Practices
Education
J.D., University of California Berkeley – School of Law, 2020
B.B.A., The University of Texas at Austin, 2014
Admissions
- California
Languages
- Tagalog