Wingert Grebing Brubaker & Juskie, LLP

Amy L. Simonson

Associate

Amy Simonson has been an associate with the firm since 2007.  She has significant experience in every facet of the litigation process from initial discovery to trial and appeal.  Amy continues to succeed in obtaining early resolutions for her clients by way of summary judgment, demurrer and nonsuit motions.  Amy has also recovered hundreds of thousands of dollars in attorney’s fees on behalf of her clients. 

Amy practices primarily in the area of general business litigation with an emphasis on disputes involving land use, business torts/contracts, and insurance coverage.  Her land use practice involves the representation of businesses, property owners, developers, and other private parties in actions involving easement and real estate disputes, complex construction defect actions and claims involving the Subdivision Map Act, the Mitigation Fee Act, the California Public Records Act, and other State and local development regulations. Amy has also successfully litigated cases against municipalities on due process and equal protection grounds.   In addition, Amy litigates complex commercial disputes involving contracts, unfair business practice claims and cases involving insurance bad faith. 

Licenses:

• State Bar of California February 2006
• United States District Court for the Southern District of California

Education:

• Juris Doctorate, cum laude, in 2005 from California Western School of Law
• Recipient of an Academic Merit Tuition Scholarship
• Dean’s Honor List 2002, 2003, 2004
• Associate Writer and Editor of the California Western Law Review/International Law Journal
• Participated in the William and Mary School of Law Summer Study Abroad program in Madrid, Spain
• Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Theory and Social Relations from James Madison College at Michigan State University in 2000.

Professional Memberships and Affiliations:

• State Bar of California
• San Diego County Bar Association, Litigation Section member
• Associate Member, American Inns of Court, Louis M. Welsh Chapter
• San Diego Defense Lawyers Association