Amanda Erlandson, J.D.

Amanda joined Baird’s Private Wealth Management team in September of 2026 as a Senior Estate Planner.  In this role, Amanda works with Baird Financial Advisors, their clients, and clients’ other professionals to assist with the development of clients’ estate plans, including by reviewing and discussing existing estate planning documents, providing education on estate planning and administration questions and strategies, and proposing wealth transfer solutions for consideration by clients and their estate planning attorneys.

Prior to joining Baird, Amanda spent nearly a decade in private practice as an estate planning and trust and estate administration attorney. In that role, she worked with clients to structure and implement estate plans to meet the clients' personal and family goals, taking into account both tax and non-tax aspects of estate planning. She also advised both corporate and individual executors, trustees, and other fiduciaries on the administration of family estate plans. While in private practice, she represented clients in Pennsylvania and Florida.

Amanda earned her J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law and her B.A. from Middlebury College in Vermont. She is a member of the Allegheny County Bar Association and the Estate Planning Council of Pittsburgh.