Biography
Amber Brumfiel joined Neal & McDevitt as Senior Counsel in 2023. Prior to taking time to have her children, Amber was a partner at an international trial and litigation law firm, where she litigated a wide range of commercial and business disputes, including patent and copyright infringement, trade secret misappropriation, defamation, unfair competition, contract issues and torts. She has represented clients in all phases of litigation, including through arbitration and trial.
Amber is an active member of her community. She served her city as a park commissioner for four years. She also served on school-related boards and she has been very involved in school fundraising and event planning.
Amber lives in the Bay Area in California with her husband and their three boys (age 13 and 10 year old twins). Amber enjoys hiking, travel, and cooking.
Professional Accomplishments
Co-author, “Constructive Trusts: Can Income in the Hands of Third Parties Be Recovered?” California Real Property Journal, Spring 2010.
Completed an eight-week internship at the Marin County District Attorney’s Office, where she successfully tried eight criminal cases.
Admitted to practice
- California (2001)
- United States District Courts for the Northern, Eastern, Central, and Southern Districts of California
Education
Amber attended the University of California, Los Angeles, where she graduated cum laude and received her B.A. (1998) in Political Science and European Studies. She received her J.D. (2001) from UC College of the Law, San Francisco (formerly called UC Hastings). In law school, Amber was the senior managing editor of the Hastings Law Journal. She also received an American Jurisprudence Award in Moot Court, the Within Award and CALI award in Trial Advocacy I and II, and a CALI award in her Criminal Punishment Seminar.
