Samardzich, Andrija

Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Lawyer Overview

Andrija Samardzich is an associate in the Portland office of Williams Kastner and a member of the Business Litigation and Products Liability & Mass Torts Practice Groups. Mr. Samardzich has an extensive background in product liability defense for major automobile manufacturers and has managed multi-million dollar litigation in multiple jurisdictions. He served as law clerk for Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One, and presided over unemployment insurance appeals hearings as administrative law judge for the Department of Workforce Development in Indianapolis, Indiana. Mr. Samardzich served the Arizona Justice Project with pro bono legal work for two years.

Areas of Practice

• Business and Real Estate Transactions
• Litigation - Commercial
• Product Liability
• Mass Torts

Bar Admissions

• Arizona, 2008
• Oregon, 2007

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Multnomah State Bar
• Oregon State Bar
• State Bar of Arizona

Pro Bono Activities

• Arizona Justice Project, Volunteer Lawyers' Project

Education

• Indiana University School of Law, Bloomington, Indiana, 2006
  J.D.
  Honors: cum laude
  Honors: Dean's List
  Law Journal: Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies, Articles Editor
• Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 2002
  B.A.
  Honors: with Distinction
  Honors: Dean's List
  Honors: Academic Honors List
  Honors: School of Liberal Arts Senior of the Year Award
  Honors: School of Liberal Arts Honors Degree
  Honors: Phi Beta Kappa
  Honors: Phi Kappa Phi
  Major: English

Published Works

• Protecting Race - Exclusive Scholarships from Extinction with an Alternative Compelling State Interest, 81 INLJ 1121, 1121-1138, 2006

Address

888 Southwest Fifth Avenue, Suite 600
Portland, OR 97204-2025

Phones

(503) 228-7967

Faxes

(503) 222-7261

Emails

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Websites

http://www.williamskastner.com