Edwin S. Budge

Ed has been representing clients civil rights cases for over a decade. Ed is a 1991 summa cum laude graduate of the University of Oregon. He graduated magna cum laude from Willamette University College of Law in 1994, where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Willamette Law Review.

After law school, Ed became a member of the Washington bar and began working as a litigation associate attorney with the Seattle law firm of Karr Tuttle Campbell, where he gained experience litigating a variety of complex civil cases. Ed started his own law practice in 1997. The following year Ed asked law school classmate Erik Heipt to join him, and the two of them formed the law firm of Budge & Heipt.

Over the past sixteen years, Ed has litigated multiple cases in state and federal courts around the country. He has won several favorable jury verdicts on behalf of plaintiffs in civil rights cases, including verdicts and settlements totaling more than $30 million. Ed was recently honored by Super Lawyers Magazine as a 2011 Washington 'Super Lawyer' in the area of civil rights litigation--an honor reserved for top lawyers in the state.

Ed lives in Seattle with his wife, Averil, who is also an attorney, and their two young children. When he’s not practicing law, Ed spends most of his free time with his family. Ed enjoys playing poker and also enjoys bodybuilding, having recently won top prize in the Masters Division of the 2010 and 2011 Washington State Natural (steroid-free) Bodybuilding Championships.