Attorneys

ANAMARIA GIL

Shareholder

Practice

Ms. Gil is a shareholder in the Reed McClure law firm and has almost 20 years of litigation experience.

Litigation:

Ms. Gil focuses her litigation practice on personal injury defense litigation, including premises liability, products liability, false arrest, false imprisonment, and motor vehicle accidents.  Ms. Gil has considerable experience handling claims involving serious personal injuries.  Ms. Gil has a special interest and expertise in claims involving allegations of traumatic brain injury.

Ms. Gil also has background and experience in insurance matters, defending UIM claims, and investigating suspicious loss claims for insurance companies. Ms. Gil also represents clients in contract matters involving tenders of defense, indemnification agreements and additional insured endorsements.

Mediation:

In addition to her litigation practice, Ms. Gil offers her services as a neutral mediator.  Ms. Gil focuses her mediation practice on resolving personal injury lawsuits, including those involving Spanish-speaking parties.  As a trial lawyer for nearly 20 years, Ms. Gil brings a wealth of experience, knowledge and understanding to the table in order to help litigants resolve disputes in a manner which promotes closure and dignity.  Ms. Gil offers innovative dispute resolution strategies, particularly where language or cultural differences have created additional barriers to settlement.

In addition to personal injury, Ms. Gil has experience and background in lawsuits involving discrimination, and insurance-related disputes.

Ms. Gil is available to conduct mediations in Seattle, and also, throughout the Pacific Northwest, at your facilities or at a mutually agreeable location.

Education

Mediating the Litigated Case, Pepperdine University School of Law, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, 2010

Professional Mediation Skills Training Program, University of Washington School of Law, 2008

Northwestern University School of Law, J.D., 1992

University of Washington, Political Science Honors Program, B.A., 1989

Background

Ms. Gil was born an American citizen abroad in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, and traveled extensively through Latin America as a child.  In the last 10 years, she has dedicated herself to building on the Spanish she spoke as a child, and becoming fluent in casual Spanish conversation, and also in business and legal matters.  She is able to communicate comfortably and effectively with Spanish-speaking parties on a wide variety of legal matters.

Ms. Gil is licensed to practice in Washington State and the U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Washington.

Memberships

• Washington State Bar Association
• King County Bar Association
• Latina/o Bar Association of Washington

Professional and Community Activities

• Volunteer attorney for the King County Bilingual Spanish Neighborhood Legal Clinic.
• Board Officer and Secretary for the Alternative Dispute Resolution Section, Washington State Bar Association.
• Pro Bono Settlement Conference Officer for Pierce County Superior Court
• Speaker and Presenter at the Reed McClure Insurance Law Seminar.
• Past member of the Pattern Interrogatory Subcommittee of the King County Bar Association’s Judiciary and the Court’s Committee.

Honors and Awards

Selected, "Rising Star", Washington Law & Politics Magazine, 2001.