Vasudev N. Addanki

Attorney

vaddanki@bpmlaw.com
(206)268-8612

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Mr. Addanki is an associate attorney with Betts Patterson & Mines, P.S. where he represents insurers in first- and third-party coverage and bad faith matters.  His  experience includes counseling clients on such issues as triggers of coverage, contribution and allocation, contractual risk-shifting, and tenders of defense.  Mr. Addanki also has experience handling complex litigation, commercial litigation, product liability, and general liability matters.  Prior to joining Betts Patterson, Mr. Addanki was as an associate attorney in Chicago with a boutique litigation firm and a large, multi-service firm.  Mr. Addanki was also an Assistant Defender with the Defender Association of Philadelphia where he tried numerous felony cases to verdict.

Admissions

Illinois
Pennsylvania (inactive)
Washington

Professional Affiliations

Washington State Bar Association
King County Bar Association
Supreme Court of Washington
United States District Court, Western District of Washington
Federal Trial Bar, United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois
Supreme Court of Illinois
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Education

Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Cleveland, Ohio
    Juris Doctor, 2000
    Executive Editor, Health Matrix: Journal of Law-Medicine
    Milton A. Kramer Law Clinic

University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
    Bachelor of Science, Cell and Molecular Biology, 1996

Publications and Presentations

Author and Presenter, “Advertising Injury Coverage: What is Considered
    ‘Material’ in the ‘Prior Publication’ Exclusion?” Illinois Association of 
    Defense Trial Counsel, April 23, 2009

Presenter, “Contractual Risk Shifting,” Chicago Park District “Lunch and Learn,” 
    July 23, 2008

Co-Author, “Managing the Risk: A Report of the September 20, 2007 
    IDC/SOICA Construction Insurance Symposium,” IDC Quarterly, 
    Fall 2007