Amanda Caffall

After eight years in public service, Amanda returned to Catalyst Law as an Associate Attorney practicing in the areas of estate planning, trust & estate administration (probate), and nonprofit law. She delights in helping clients successfully navigate the legal process along the way.

During her eight-year hiatus from private practice, Amanda served as the founding Executive Director of The Commons Law Center, a public service nonprofit law firm she launched, along with Catalyst Law and a dedicated group of volunteers, in 2016.  Amanda received many accolades recognizing her long-term commitment to public service, including:

• Fastcase 50 – the law’s smartest, most courageous innovators, techies, visionaries, & leaders
• Oregon State Bar President’s Technology and Innovation Award
• Lewis & Clark Law School’s Community Spirit Distinguished Honor and Environmental Leadership Award
• OSB New Lawyers Division Public Service Award
• OSB Consumer Law Section, Member and Past Chair

Amanda is a graduate of Western Washington University, Magna Cum Laude, and Lewis & Clark Law School, With Honors. 

Born and raised in SW Washington, Amanda is the child of a fourth-generation Oregon tugboat captain and timber person, a lover of nature, and mother to two energetic children.