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Amanda M. Williams
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Amanda M. Williams
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Overview
Amanda is a litigator who focuses her practice on data privacy, consumer protection, product liability, and antitrust-complex litigation and class actions. She is the Chair of the Complex Litigation Practice Group.
In addition to her work in complex litigation, Amanda is committed to pro bono work. She was previously part of a team that represented a class of civilly committed sex offenders challenging the constitutionality of Minnesota’s commitment statutes in Karsjens, et al. v. Jesson (D. Minn.). She was recognized by the Minnesota Chapter of the Federal Bar Association with the “Distinguished Pro Bono Service Award” in 2011. Amanda has also been recognized as a North Star Lawyer for providing at least 50 hours of pro bono legal services in a calendar year to individuals in need.
Amanda is an active member of several bar associations serving both local and national areas of interest. In the past, she has served as a committee-chair for the Minnesota Women Lawyers Scholarship Fund as well as the liaison board member to the Hennepin County Bar Association. Amanda is currently serving on the board of The Infinity Project, a group focused on mentoring women to increase diversity on the bench at the state and federal level.
In 2024, Amanda was selected as one of the Top Women in Law by Minnesota Lawyer. Amanda was selected as one of Minnesota Lawyer’s Attorneys of the Year in 2017 and 2022. She has also been recognized as a “Rising Star” from 2014 to 2019 and as a “Super Lawyer” from 2021 to 2024 by Super Lawyers.
Amanda graduated magna cum laude from Gustavus Adolphus College with a B.A. in psychology and criminal justice. She earned her J.D. from the University of Minnesota Law School. During law school, Amanda clerked for the Minnesota Tax Court. Upon graduating from law school, Amanda served as a law clerk for The Honorable Gordon Shumaker, Minnesota Court of Appeals.
Amanda is originally from Rochester, Minnesota and, despite being raised in the shadows of the Mayo Clinic and having many physicians in her family, she took the alternative route to law school. Currently Amanda lives in Minneapolis, where her son and husband constantly remind her of how short she is by placing things out of reach in their house. When she is not driving her son to his various activities, Amanda enjoys reading, watching random documentaries, listening to true-crime podcasts and pondering exercise.
EDUCATION & ADMISSIONS
Education
- University of Minnesota Law School, J.D., 2024
- Gustavus Adolphus College, B.A., magnum cum laude, 2001
Bar Admissions
- U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota
- Minnesota
Judicial Clerkships
- Minnesota Court of Appeals, The Honorable Gordon Shumaker, Judicial Law Clerk, 2004-2005
EXPERIENCE
Representative Cases
Amanda has been involved in many significant antitrust, consumer protection, and data breach complex litigations.
She worked in the leadership group on a large antitrust class action brought against the NCAA on behalf of volunteer coaches, alleging that Volunteer Coach Rule unlawfully fixed salaries of s-called Volunteer Coaches at NCAA Division I institutions in Colon, et al. v NCAA (E.D. Cal.).
In addition, she recently represented individuals seeking damages for hearing loss and other-related injuries due to the use of earplugs manufactured by 3M. Amanda helped lead the cases that were venued in Minnesota State Court and ultimately 3M settled with the over 250,000 claimants, including those who brought their cases in Minnesota cases, for over $6 billion.
Other Representative Cases
In re Medtronic, Inc., Implantable Defibrillators Prod. Liab. Litig. (D. Minn.)
In re Asacol Antitrust Litig. (D. Mass.)
Ciofoletti, et al. v. Securian Financial Group, Inc. (D. Minn.)
Reed, et al. v. Advocate Health Care, et al., 268 F.R.D. 573 (N.D. Ill. 2009)
In re: American Medical Systems, Inc. Pelvic Repair Systems Products Liability Litig. (S.D.W.V.)
Pinsonneault v. St. Jude Medical, Inc., et al. (D. Minn.); Houlette v. St. Jude Medical Inc., et al. (D. Minn.); Rouse v. St. Jude Medical, Inc., et al. (D. Minn.), 953 F. Supp. 2d 1006 (D. Minn. 2013)
PROFESSIONAL & CIVIC
Bar Associations
- Minnesota State Bar Association
- Hennepin County Bar Association
ACCOLADES
Honors & Awards
- Top Women in Law, Minnesota Lawyer, 2024
- Attorney of the Year, Minnesota Lawyer, 2017 and 2022
- Minnesota Super Lawyers list, Super Lawyers, 2021-2024
- Minnesota Rising Stars list, Super Lawyers, 2014-2019
- North Star Lawyer, Minnesota State Bar Association, 2015 and 2020
- Distinguished Pro Bono Service Award, The Pro Se Project, Minnesota Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, 2011