Amanda counsels public and private clients on environmental, land use, and natural resource matters, with a focus on marine, shoreline, and wetlands issues. She assists clients with strategic planning, project permitting, regulatory compliance, and enforcement matters under a wide variety of local, state, and federal laws and regulations including the Clean Water Act, Rivers and Harbors Act, Endangered Species Act, the federal and state Administrative Procedure Acts, and Washington State’s Shoreline Management Act and Growth Management Act. Amanda frequently serves as both an advocate and a project manager for complex projects, including those that require regulatory approvals from multiple agencies. Her clients have included proponents of aquaculture and agriculture farms, commercial and residential developments, shoreline restoration projects, and wetland mitigation banks.

While in law school, Amanda served as an extern at the Central Puget Sound Growth Management Hearings Board. She is an active Board member with Salish Sea Expeditions, a nonprofit organization established to provide an opportunity for middle and high school students to design and conduct original scientific research from the decks of a 61’ sailing vessel on Puget Sound.

Education
J.D., University of Washington School of Law, honors, 2006
   Managing Editor, Washington Law Review
B.A., Anthropology, Scripps College, magna cum laude, 2000
   Phi Beta Kappa
   James E. Scripps Scholar

Awards
“Rising Star,” Washington Law & Politics, 2010 – 2011
Watson Fellow, Thomas J. Watson Fellowship, Local Economic Exchange Systems: Australia, New Zealand, India, Senegal, 2000 – 2001

Affiliations
King County Bar Association
    Environmental and Land Use Section, Chair
Washington State Bar Association
    Environmental and Land Use Law Section, Member
    Solo and Small Practice Section, Member
American Bar Association
Federal Bar Association
   Western District of Washington
Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Commission
Pacific Coast Shellfish Growers Association
California Aquaculture Association

Court Admissions
Washington
U.S. District Court, Western Washington

Publications & Presentations
Navigating the Regulatory Maze:  Regulatory Processes Facing Shellfish Growers, Speaker, 63rd Annual Shellfish Conference, Pacific Coast Shellfish Growers Association and National Shellfisheries Association – Pacific Coast Section, Portland, OR, September 29 – October 1, 2009. 

Mitigation Banking on Agricultural Resource Lands, Speaker, Marine Shoreline Development 2009 Workshop, Law Seminars International, Seattle, WA, February 4, 2009. 

Land Use Permit Requirements: A Basic Overview (Washington State), Speaker, NonPoint Education for Municipal Officials, Pacific Northwest Land Grant Institution, Olympia, WA, October 6 – 7, 2008.

Update on New Permits, Regulations, Legal Issues, Speaker, 62nd Annual Shellfish Conference, Pacific Coast Shellfish Growers Association and National Shellfisheries Association – Pacific Coast Section, Chelan, WA, September 30 – October 3, 2008. 

Mitigation Banking on Agricultural Resource Lands, Speaker, Marine Shoreline Development and Permitting Workshop, Law Seminars International, Seattle, WA, February 1, 2008.

What You Need to Know for 2008, Co–Chair, Environmental and Land Use Law, King County Bar Association, Environmental and Land Use Section, Seattle, WA, December 12, 2007.

2007 Nationwide Permits, Speaker, Land Use in Washington – Wetlands and Stormwater, Law Seminars International, Seattle, WA, April 16 – 17, 2007.

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