Amanda Hassid

Partner / Attorney at Law

515.232.1761

AREAS OF PRACTICE

Bar Admissions

• Iowa Supreme Court, 2015
• New South Wales, Australia, 2011
• California Supreme Court, 2007
  

Education

• University of California, Hastings College of the Law, Juris Doctor cum laude, 2007
• Notes Editor, Hastings Law Journal
• Thurston Honor Society
• Witkin Award for Academic Excellence for Trial Advocacy
• Author, “An Oracle without Foresight?: Plaintiffs’ Arduous Burdens under U.S. v. Oracle.” 58 Hastings L.J. 891 (2007)
• Amherst College, Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude, with distinction, 2003
  

Amanda advises clients in the areas of civil and criminal trials and appeals, personal injury, family law, real estate, estate planning and probate. Amanda is a member of the Iowa Association for Justice, Iowa State Bar Association, and Story County Bar Association.

Amanda is one of the six founding members of the New Point Law Firm, plc. After graduating law school, Amanda worked as a litigation associate for the firm of Sidley Austin in San Francisco, California. While there, Amanda participated in securities, antitrust, and contracts trials and appeals. Immediately before joining the Ames community, Amanda studied law again in Australia and worked as a solicitor in the firm of Clayton Utz in Sydney, New South Wales. There, she worked on various litigation, including defending Standard & Poors in securities litigation and financial services firms against allegations of misconduct. Amanda also worked as a part-time volunteer for the Disability Discrimination Legal Centre in Sydney and managed a significant caseload.

Amanda joined the Pasley and Singer Law firm in 2015 as an associate and became a partner in 2017. She has handled a wide variety of civil trial work. Significant successful matters have included a suit on behalf of a sexual assault victim against a pastor and a church, a suit on behalf of family members of a woman who died in the care of a nursing home, and numerous personal injury and contract cases.

Amanda and her husband Jon reside in Ames with a daughter and a son. She enjoys being active, art and design projects, travel, and spending time with her family.

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

While at Clayton Utz in Australia, Amanda succeeded in reinstating a pro bono client in police training upon settling race discrimination claim. While at Sidley Austin, Amanda obtained asylum on the basis of sexual and domestic violence on behalf of pro bono client and her two children. Amanda worked for Lawyer’s Committee for Civil Rights in San Francisco, where she trained to assist Homeless Rights Project in representing low­‐income clients against “quality of life” citations. Amanda worked for Access Center Self­‐Help Legal Clinic in San Francisco, where she assisted walk­‐in clients with restraining orders, small claims charges, and name or gender changes.