Amanda Williams joined Gustafson Gluek PLLC in 2005, becoming a Member at the Firm in 2011. Since joining the Firm, Amanda has been actively litigating data privacy, consumer protection, product liability, and antitrust complex litigation and class actions.
In addition to her work in complex litigation, Amanda is committed to pro bono work. She was also part of the team at Gustafson Gluek that represented a class of civilly committed sex offenders challenging the constitutionality of Minnesota’s commitment statutes in Karsjens et al v. Jesson (D. Minn.). She was recognized by the Minnesota Chapter of the Federal Bar Association with the “Distinguished Pro Bono Service Award” in 2011. Amanda has also been recognized as a North Star Lawyer for providing at least 50 hours of pro bono legal services in a calendar year to individuals in need.
Amanda is an active member of several bar associations serving both local and national areas of interest. In the past, she has served as a committee chair for the Minnesota Women Lawyers Scholarship Fund as well as the liaison board member to the Hennepin County Bar Association. Amanda is currently serving on the board of The Infinity Project, a group focused on mentoring women to increase diversity on the bench at the state and federal level.
In 2024, Amanda was selected as one of the Top Women in Law by Minnesota Lawyer. Amanda was selected as one of Minnesota Lawyer’s Attorneys of the Year in 2017 and 2022. She has also been recognized as a “Rising Star” from 2014 to 2019 and as a “Super Lawyer” from 2021 to 2024 by Super Lawyers.
Amanda graduated magna cum laude from Gustavus Adolphus College with a B.A. in psychology and criminal justice. She earned her J.D. from the University of Minnesota Law School.
During law school, Amanda clerked for the Minnesota Tax Court. Upon graduating from law school, Amanda served as a law clerk for the Hon. Gordon Shumaker, Minnesota Court of Appeals.
Amanda is originally from Rochester, Minnesota and, despite being raised in the shadows of the Mayo Clinic and having many physicians in her family, she took the alternative route to law school. Currently Amanda lives in Minneapolis, where her son and husband constantly remind her of how short she is by placing things out of reach in their house. When she is not driving her son to his various activities, Amanda enjoys reading, watching random documentaries, listening to true-crime podcasts and pondering exercise.
For more information regarding Amanda and a list of her representative cases, see below.
More About Amanda
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University of Minnesota Law School, J.D. (2004)
Gustavus Adolphus College, B.A., magna cum laude (2001)
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Minnesota State Bar
U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota
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Top Woman in Law (2024) by Minnesota Lawyer
Minnesota Super Lawyer (2021-2024) by Super Lawyers
Minnesota Attorney of the Year (2017, 2022) by Minnesota Lawyer
North Star Lawyer (2015, 2020) by the Minnesota State Bar Association
Minnesota Rising Star (2014-2019) by Super Lawyers
“Distinguished Pro Bono Service Award” (2011) from the Pro Se Project (Minnesota Federal District Court)
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Amanda is currently involved in many significant antitrust, consumer protection, and data breach complex litigations for the Firm. She is actively involved in representing victims of the data security incident in the In re Change Healthcare, Inc. Customer Data Security Breach Litig. (D. Minn.) The data breach, which took place in early 2024, exposed more than six terabytes of healthcare patients’ personal and health information and disabled the software that facilitated business operations to healthcare providers.
She is also working on a large antitrust class action brought against the NCAA on behalf of volunteer coaches, alleging that Volunteer Coach Rule unlawfully fixed salaries of so-called Volunteer Coaches at NCAA Division I institutions in Colon et al. v. NCAA (E.D. Cal.).
In addition, she recently represented individuals seeking damages for hearing loss and other-related injuries due to the use of earplugs manufactured by 3M. Amanda and the Gustafson Gluek team helped lead the cases that were venued in Minnesota State Court and ultimately 3M settled with the over 250,000 claimants, including those who brought their cases in Minnesota cases, for over $6 billion.
Amanda was part of the litigation and trial team that represented Minnesota corn farmers against Syngenta, Inc. related to its marketing of certain GMO corn, in In re Syngenta Litig. (Minn.). This case settled on a nationwide basis for over 1 billion dollars. Additionally, Amanda was an integral part of the litigation team that represented individuals with Sprint Fidelis heart leads against Medtronic in In re Medtronic Inc. Sprint Fidelis Leads Prod. Liab.Litig. (D. Minn.), alleging that the leads were defective. The case ultimately settled for over $220 million.
Other Representative Cases:
In re Medtronic, Inc., Implantable Defibrillators Prod. Liab. Litig. (D. Minn.)
In re Asacol Antitrust Litig. (D. Mass.)
Ciofoletti et al. v. Securian Financial Group, Inc. (D. Minn.)
Reed, et al. v. Advocate Health Care, et al. (N.D. Ill.)
In re: American Medical Systems, Inc. Pelvic Repair Systems Products Liability Litig. (S.D.W.V.))
Pinsonneault v. St. Jude Medical, Inc., et al. (D. Minn.); Houlette v. St. Jude Medical Inc., et al. (D. Minn.); Rouse v. St. Jude Medical, Inc., et al. (D. Minn.)
Jessica Robinson v. Jackson Hewitt, Inc., et al. (E.D. Va.)
Regional Multiple Listing Service of Minnesota, Inc., d/b/a NorthstarMLS v. American Home Realty Network, Inc., (D. Minn.); Metropolitan Regional Information Systems, Inc., v. American Home Realty Network, Inc. (D. Md.); Preferred Carolinas Realty, Inc., v. American Home Realty Network, Inc., d/b/a Neighborcity.com (M.D.N.C.)