Associate

Practice:
Mr. Budelsky focuses his civil litigation practice on the areas of insurance defense, employment law, medical malpractice defense, and general civil litigation. He also devotes a significant portion of his practice to appellate work, and he has argued cases before all three divisions of the Washington Court of Appeals.

Education:
University of Cincinnati College of Law, Cincinnati, OH, J.D., 1998

Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, B.A., 1994

Background:
Mr. Budelsky grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio, and went on to graduate from Dartmouth College with a degree in Government. He then worked for a year in Washington, D.C., for U.S. Representative Robert Portman. While in law school, Mr. Budelsky was a member of the Law Review and participated in a judicial externship with Federal District Court Judge Bertelsman. Mr. Budelsky practiced in Cincinnati for five years, focusing primarily on employment law, civil rights law, and general civil litigation. In addition, he litigated administrative proceedings including matters before the EEOC and Ohio Civil Rights Commission. Mr. Budelsky also handled and argued numerous appeals before the Sixth Circuit and the Ohio Court of Appeals. Mr. Budelsky moved to Seattle in 2004 and became a member of the Washington Bar. Since then, he has concentrated his practice on insurance defense, employment law, medical malpractice defense, general civil litigation, and appellate work.

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