Stephanie Vancil de Oliveira
Stephanie Vancil de Oliveira

Stephanie Vancil de Oliveira

Counsel

Seattle

Introduction

Stephanie counsels corporations on insurance coverage matters, including policy audits, broker requests for proposals, policy placement, renewals, and contractual insurance and indemnity requirements.

Stephanie Vancil de Oliveira represents clients in complex commercial disputes, including corporate policyholders in insurance disputes involving commercial property damage, products liability, intellectual property liability, privacy liability, environmental liability, and directors' and officers' liability. 

Stephanie has experience in drafting contractual provisions regarding insurance, defense, and indemnity obligations, developing case strategy, researching and analyzing complex legal issues, managing document production and privilege logs, drafting written discovery responses, briefing dispositive motions, settlement negotiations, and drafting settlement agreements. 

Prior to joining Perkins Coie Stephanie clerked for the Hon. Dean E. Ochiai of the First Circuit Court of the State of Hawaii in Honolulu and Hon. Richard Clifton of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Stephanie maintains an active pro bono practice and has experience working with clients on a wide range of matters, including landlord tenant law, immigration law, and civil rights law.

Education & credentials

  • University of California, Irvine School of Law, J.D., summa cum laude, 2019
  • University of California, Berkeley, B.S., Conservation and Resource Studies, 2014
  • University of California, Berkeley, B.A., Development Studies, Highest Honors, 2014
  • Washington
  • California
  • Hawaii
  • District of Columbia
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii
  • U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, Santa Ana, CA, Judicial Extern to the Hon. David Carter, 2018
  • Superior Court of California, County of Orange, Newport Beach, CA, Judicial Extern to the Hon. Richard Pacheco, 2017
  • Hon. Richard CliftonU.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • Hon. Dean E. OchiaiCircuit Court of Hawaii, First Circuit

Professional recognition

  • Recognized by Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch for Commercial Litigation, 2024-2026; Insurance Law, 2026