Addison W. Bennett
- Washington, D.C.
- Phoenix
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Addison litgates complex constitutional and statutory disputes in appellate and trial courts.
Addison W. Bennett litigates a wide range of substantive legal disputes before state and federal appellate and trial courts. His experience includes briefing and arguing appeals and dispositive motions on matters including constitutional law, bankruptcy, employment, antitrust, law firm defense, municipal finance, class actions, administrative law, and judgment enforcement. He has particular experience before the Supreme Court of the United States, successfully petitioning for certiorari and briefing multiple recent cases on the merits, as well as experience briefing cases before federal courts of appeals across the country.
Before joining Perkins Coie, Addison began his career in an Appellate & Constitutional Law practice in the Washington, D.C., office of another major law firm. After graduating law school, he also served as a law clerk to Judge Andrew D. Hurwitz on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
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Education & Credentials
Education
- The University of Chicago Law School, J.D., with high honors, Order of the Coif, The University of Chicago Law Review, Comments Editor, 2020
- Skidmore College, B.A., Government, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 2016
Bar and Court Admissions
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District of Columbia
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Arizona
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California
- Supreme Court of the United States
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Related Employment
- Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, D.C., Summer Associate, 2019; Associate, 2021-2025
Clerkships
- Hon. Andrew D. Hurwitz, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit