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Jason P. Amala

Senior Associate
jamala@gth-law.com
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Phone: 253.620.6459

Wells Fargo Plaza, 1201 Pacific Avenue, Suite 2100
Tacoma, Washington 98402

Primary Areas of Practice

Personal injury, wrongful death, sex abuse, civil rights, medical malpractice, products liability, insurance law.

Education

J.D., Seattle University School of Law
summa cum laude

B.A., University of Washington Honors College
Society and Justice with Honors Distinction

Admissions

State of Washington
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Washington
U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington

Professional & Bar Association Memberships

Washington State Trial Lawyers Association

Washington State Bar Association
Member, Young Lawyers Division

American Bar Association

Order of Barristers

Professional History

  • Promoted to Senior Associate in 2007.

Representative Cases/Transactions

  • Co-counsel on $2 million settlement for clergy sex abuse
  • Co-counsel on $750,000 settlement for multi-plaintiff toxic tort
  • Co-counsel on $1.1 million settlement for clergy sex abuse
  • Co-counsel on $1.8 million settlement for multi-plaintiff clergy sex abuse

Community Activities

  • Board of Directors, Just Cauz Foundation
  • Co-Chair, Pro Bono and Public Service Committee of the Washington State Bar Association Young Lawyers Division
  • Member, Law Alumni Board of the Seattle University School of Law

Honors, Publications & Presentations

  • Seattle University School of Law
  • summa cum laude honors
  • Faculty Scholar Award
  • SEATTLE UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW
  • Student Bar Association President, consecutive terms
  • SBA President of the Semester, 12th Circuit of the American Bar Association Law Student Division
  • 1st Place, Frederic C. Tausend Appellate Competition
  • Perpetual Dean's List member
  • CALI Excellence for the Future Awards (highest grade in course): Civil Procedure (2), Contracts (2), Legal Writing I, Legal Writing II, Medical Liability, Jury Trial Seminar, Advanced Writing Seminar, and Business Entities.
  • Co-Author, Comment: An Exceptional Case: How Washington Should Amend Its Procedure for Imposing an Exceptional Sentence in Response to Blakely v. Washington, 28 Seattle Univ. L. R. 1121 (Summer 2005)
  • Contributing Editor, Justice Charles W. Johnson’s “Survey of Washington Search and Seizure Law: 1998 Update,” 28 Seattle Univ. L. R. 467 (Spring 2005)
  • Finalist, Mark Reutlinger Scholarship for Excellence in Legal Writing Scholarship