Jason P. Amala
Partner at Pfau Cochran Vertetis Amala
Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 18 years of experience
Sex Crimes, Product Liability, Medical Malpractice, Civil Rights, Wrongful Death
403 Columbia Street, Suite 500, Seattle, WA 98104
About Jason P. Amala
Practice Areas
- Sex Crimes
- Product Liability
- Medical Malpractice
- Civil Rights
- Wrongful Death
Education
- Seattle University School of Law, Seattle, Washington, 2005J.D.
- Honors: <i>summa cum laude</i>
- Honors: Order of the Barristers
- Honors: Student Bar Association President (2003-2005)
- Honors: Faculty Scholar Award
Show More - University of Washington Honors College, Seattle, WA, 2000B.A.
- Major: Society and Justice
- Honors: With Honors
- Honors: With Distinction
Representative Cases
- $5,375,000 product liability settlement for a woman suffering 3rd degree burns on 1/3rd of her body from an exploding Ecoflame gel fuel product
- $2,500,000 sexual abuse settlement for a woman abused by her foster parent licensed by DSHS despite the fact he was a convicted sex offender
- $995,000 sexual abuse settlement against DSHS for a woman sexually harassed by her boss at Western State Hospital.
- $972,000 serious injury jury verdict for a truck driver who had serious back & shoulder injuries after a forklift dropped a steel beam on him at a construction site
- $900,000 sexual abuse settlement for two sisters who suffered sexual abuse in foster care
- Confidential serious injury settlement for a couple who suffered physical and cognitive impairments due to prolonged exposure to chemicals from a defective propane tank
- $350,000 sexual abuse settlement for a man who suffered child sexual abuse at the hands of two Seattle Archdiocesan priests
- Confidential serious injury settlement on behalf of client who ingested a sewing needle embedded in a breakfast sausage
- Confidential sexual abuse settlement against the Boy Scouts of America for six men who were sexually abused by their Assistant Scoutmaster.
- $147,500 consumer protection settlement on behalf of low-income housing tenants who were deprived of clean running water
- J.S. v. Village Voice Media Holdings, L.L.C.
- McKown v. Simon Property Group, Inc.
- N.K. v. Corporation of the Presiding Bishop of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
- Hawkins v. Diel
Classes and Seminars
- CLE: Depositions 101: Tricks of the Trade, Summer 2018 Washington State Bar Association
- CLE: Gathering Evidence in Complex Cases, Summer 2018 Washington State Bar Association
- Sex Trafficking, Backpage.com, and the Communications Decency Act, Spring 2018 Seattle University School of Law, Social Justice Mondays
- CLE: Civil Justice for Victims of Crime in Washington, Fall 2016 National Center for Victims of Crime
- CLE: The Communications Decency Act, Fall 2016, National Crime Victims Bar Association
- Representing Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse, Fall 2016, Official publication of the American Association for Justice
- CLE: Legal Writing – a Guide from the Field, Summer 2016 Seattle University School of Law
- CLE: Childhood Sexual Abuse Litigation, Summer 2016 Washington State Association for Justice
- CLE: Trial Titans, Fall 2015, Washington State Association for Justice
- Washington Supreme Court Rules Sex Trafficking – Victims Can Sue Backpage.com, November 2015, Trial News, Washington State Association for Justice
- CLE: Impact of Technology on Civil Litigation, Fall 2015, Pierce County Bar Association
- Winning with Discovery: Creating a Winning Game Plan, Summer 2015, Washington State Bar Association
- CLE: Discovery and Depositions, Spring 2015, King County Bar Association
- CLE: Electronic Discovery, Summer 2014, Washington State Association for Justice
- CLE: Fencing in the Defense, Summer 2013, Washington State Association for Justice, Summer Convention
- CLE: CR 30(b)(6) Depositions: What, When, and Why, Spring 2013, Washington State Association for Justice
- Products Liability Deskbook, Chapters 3, 4, and 17, 2013, Washington State Association for Justice
- “Stream of Commerce” is No More: The Aftermath of McIntyre Machinery v. Nicastro, 131 S.Ct. 2780, November 2012, Trial News, Washington State Association for Justice
- CLE: Damages in Personal Injury, Summer 2012
- “A Broad and Generous” Statute: Washington’s SOL for Childhood Sexual Abuse, February 2012, Trial News, Washington State Association for Justice
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Washington, 2005
Other Affiliations
- Washington State Bar Association (Member)
- Washington State Association for Justice
- American Bar Association
- American Association for Justice
- National Crime Victims Bar Association
- King County Bar Association
- Pierce County Bar Association
Articles
Published Works
- A Plaintiff's Perspective (Co-Author), Washington Lawyer's Practice Manual, Chapter 5, 2008
- 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, "Survey of Washington Search and Seizure Law: 1998 Update,", 28 Seattle Univ. L. R. 467, Spring, 2005
Office Info
Other Colleagues
- Government, Class Actions, Wrongful Death, Personal Injury
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