Andrija Samardzich
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Phone: 503-944-6947 Fax: 503-222-7261 Email: asamardzich@williamskastner.com |
888 SW Fifth Avenue, Suite 600 Portland, OR 97204-2025 |
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.
Experience
- Williams Kastner, Associate | Present
- Bowman and Brooke LLP, Associate | 2008 - 2010
- Arizona Justice Project, Pro Bono | 2007 - 2009
- Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One, Law Clerk | 2006 - 2007
Memberships:
- Multnomah State Bar
- Oregon State Bar
- State Bar of Arizona
Publications:
- Co-Author, "Paradigm Shifts in e-Discovery Litigation: Cooperate or Continue to Pay Dearly," Defense Counsel Journal, April 1, 2011.
- Co-Author, "An Inconvenient Forum - Reining In E-Discovery In the United States," The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, February 2011.
- “Protecting Race-Exclusive Scholarships from Extinction with an Alternative Compelling State Interest”, 81 INLJ 1121, 1121-1138, 2006
Areas of Practice
Bar Admissions
- Oregon
- Arizona
Education
- Indiana University School of Law (JD), cum laude, 2006; Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies, Articles Editor; Sherman Minton Moot Court; Intellectual Property Association; International Law Society
- Purdue University (BA), English, Minor Philosophy, Minor Religious Studies, 2002