Amber M. Rushbanks (Rush)

Professional Experience

Amber Rushbanks (Rush) focuses her practice on family and relationship legal issues. She is a founding member of Navigate Law Group. She helps individuals who are struggling with a wide variety of legal relationship/family issues, including but not limited to divorce, child custody, non-married couples (committed intimate relationships), child support, adoption, prenuptial agreements, and much more. Amber’s background in psychology, navigating complicated relationship dynamics, and family systems make her a relentless advocate and strategist for her clients in and out of the courtroom.

Professional and Community Involvement

• Board Member of Clark County Bar Association Family Law Section (2021 – Present)
• Volunteer at Navigate Virtual Legal Clinic (2020 – Present)
• Volunteer Judge for Washington YMCA Mock Trial (2022)
  
• Co-Founder and volunteer of Clark County Superior Court Family Law Clinic (2018 – 2021)  
• Co-Founder and volunteer of Clark County Superior Court Family Law Pro Se Docket Assist Program (2016 – Present)
• Founder of Lawyer Talk Legal Clinic at the Vancouver, WA Public Library (2018 – 2021)
• Executive Committee member for Washington State Bar Association’s Solo & Small Practice Section (2018 – 2020)
• Washington State Delegate to the American Bar Association House of Delegates (2018 – 2020)
• Vancouver Business Journal Accomplished under 40 Award (2017)
• Washington State Supreme Court Practice of Law Board, (2016 – 2021)
• Liaison to the Washington State Supreme Court Access to Justice Board (2016-2018)
• American Bar Association presidential appointment to to Chair of the Access to Legal Services Committee of the Young Lawyer Division (2016-2018)
• American Bar Association presidential appointment as a member on the Center for Human Rights Advisory Council (2016-2018)
• Speaker for American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division Litigation Committee: “Pleadings: Best Practices” (2016)
• Past President for the Clark County Bar Association Young Lawyers Division (2016)
• Volunteer at Clark County Volunteer Lawyers Program (2015-Present)
• Washington State Bar Association Local Leader Award (2015)
• Clark County Bar Association Rising Star Award (2015)

Admitted to Practice

• Washington State Courts
• Oregon State Courts

Education

• Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Portland State University, Magna Cum Laude
• Juris Doctor from Gonzaga School of Law, Cum Laude

Awards & Recognition