Michael L. Amaro
Partner
Email: mamaro@prindlelaw.com

Michael L. Amaro is one of the founding partners of Prindle, Amaro, Goetz, Hillyard, Barnes and Reinholtz LLP (previously known as Prindle, Decker & Amaro LLP) and graduated seventh in his class from Southwestern University School of Law in 1983.  During law school, he spent two years on the Law Review Staff, authoring and editing articles for the school's Law Review Journal.  After graduating from law school, he spent six years at a mid-sized insurance defense firm in Los Angeles.  Since 1983, Mr. Amaro has developed a very diverse law practice with a broad client base.

One of his practice areas is the representation of clients involved in the amusement, sports, recreation, and leisure industries.  Such clients include carnivals, water parks, family fun centers, race and go-kart tracks, bowling centers, miniature golf facilities, circuses, white water rafting companies, ice and roller skating facilities, health and fitness clubs, equestrian facilities, outfitters and guides, and concert venues.  He has also defended a number of products liability cases involving jet skis, boats, sports and exercise equipment and pyrotechnic devices. Through Mr. Amaro, the firm is a member of the Roller Skating Association, the International Association of Amusement Parks & Attractions, the World Water park Association, and the National Association of Amusement Ride Safety Officials.

Mr. Amaro is also a founding member of International Amusement and Leisure Defense Association, a group of nationwide attorneys that are extensively involved in the representation of recreation and amusement industries. He is also one of the founding members, and currently on the board of directors of the National Restaurant and Retail Defense Association, serving the interests of the restaurant and and retail industries.

Mr. Amaro has a significant products liability and general casualty defense practice. He represents an impressive list of companies including Electrolux Home of Products, Frigidaire, Dometic, Origo, Lennox Home Products, Lennox Hearth
Products, Danaher, Atlas Copco, Wellcraft Marine Corporation, City of Long Beach, California State University system, and County of Los Angeles, Ross Stores, Target Stores, Farrell's Ice Cream Parlours, Sears Roebuck & Co., just to name a few. A sub-specialty within the products liability arena involves the defense of fire subrogation cases.