Amanda Marshall grew up in Mill Valley, California. She moved to Oregon to attend the University of Oregon in 1988 where she earned her B.A. in Rhetoric & Communications and competed for Oregon’s nationally ranked debate team. Amanda went on to attend the Willamette University College of Law, earning both her J.D. and Certificate in Alternative Dispute Resolution while coaching Willamette’s undergraduate debate team. 

Amanda began her legal career in 1994 as the Tribal Court Clerk for the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, Oregon. She served as a Deputy District Attorney in Coos County from 1996-2001 where she created and oversaw the Domestic Violence Prosecution Unit and tried more than 100 jury trials. From 2001-2011 Amanda served as an Assistant Attorney General and Attorney in Charge of the Child Advocacy Section of the Oregon Department of Justice. As Attorney in Charge, Amanda oversaw the largest legal section at the Department, with in offices in Medford, Eugene, Salem and Portland, and was the chief attorney for advice, litigation, and policy on child welfare matters in Oregon.

In 2010, Amanda was nominated by President Barak Obama to be Oregon’s U.S. Attorney. She was Confirmed by the Senate in 2011. As U.S. Attorney, Amanda served on behalf of the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee as: Co-Chair of the Native American Issues Subcommittee; and as a member of the National Security and Terrorism Subcommittee, the Marijuana Issues Working Group, and the Child Exploitation Working Group. She co-chaired the Federal Working Group on Native American/Alaska Native Youth Exposed to Violence; and served on the Department’s Task Force to implement the 2013 amendments to the Violence Against Women Act and the Federal Work Group to implement the White House Strategic Initiative to Combat Violent Extremism.

Other highlights of Amanda’s four years heading the U.S. Attorney’s Office include: bringing the Portland Police Bureau back to the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force after a ten year absence, tripling prosecutions of child sex traffickers, pursuing and settling a first-of-its kind civil rights law suit against the Portland Police based on a pattern or practice of excessive use of force against people experiencing a mental health crisis, and pursuing cases against the State of Oregon for failing to serve people with mental illness and developmental disabilities in their communities and in the work place,

In 2016 Amanda opened her law office in McMinnville, Oregon. She continues to represent clients in both civil and criminal litigation in state and federal court and serves on the boards of the McMinnville Montessori School, Northwest Trout, and the League of Minority Voters.   Amanda is available for public speaking and consulting work.