Education

• University of Virginia

  (B.A., with honors, 1989)

• The George Washington University Law School

  (J.D., 1992)

Admissions

• State of Ohio
• U.S Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio

• Represented securitized lender in successful foreclosure of $50 million shopping center that involved multiple claims of tenants and third-parties, including environmental clean-up issues.
• Represented securitized lender in deed-in-lieu transaction involving two hotel properties, both of which required navigating intellectual property and vendor/supplier issues relating to the property.
• Represented securitized lender in successful foreclosure of large manufactured home/mobile home property.
• Represented securitized lender in structured note sale involving a large multi-family property.
• Represented securitized lender in successful foreclosure of multiple properties of big box retailer involving bankruptcy estate issues.
• Successfully prosecuted actions on behalf of ERISA Plans regarding their right of subrogation and recovery against third-parties.
• Successfully defended corporations against putative class action litigation; experienced with using the provisions of the Class Action Fairness Act to secure positive results in the defense of class action litigation.
• Represented developers and commercial property managers in litigation involving defaulted tenants and receiverships.

Client Alerts

• “House Passes Package of Mortgage Bills Including Changes to TRID and ‘Madden Fix,’” Ulmer & Berne LLP Client Alert (February 2018)

Publications

• “Commercial Bankruptcy Litigation and Strategic Alternatives For And Against Distressed Businesses,” Ohio Chapter, (2023 edition)
• “Strategic Alternatives For and Against Distressed Businesses,” Contributor, Westlaw (2022 edition)

Presentations

• “Pandemic-Related Immunity Under Ohio Law,” American Inns of Court, Chief Justice Moyer Inn (November 2020)
• “Financial Litigation Reform in the Age of Trump,” Ulmer, Financial Services & Securities Litigation Hot Topics (November 2017)
• Frequent speaker at programs sponsored by the Columbus Bar Association and the National Business Institute, including: Advanced Trial Tactics: Summations and Jury Instructions (December 2014), and Practical Considerations for the Use of Electronically Stored Information to Win your Case (April 2014)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• American Bar Association
• Ohio State Bar Association (Council of Delegates, July 2019 – present; Fellow; Young Lawyers Section, Past Chair)
• Columbus Bar Association (Judicial Campaign Advertising Review Committee)
• Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

• Leadership Columbus (Class of 2015)
• Children’s Hunger Alliance (Former Board Member)
• Worthington Presbyterian Church (Past Elder)
• Active member of VoiceCorps, a reading service for the blind and visually impaired
• Columbus Academy (Development Committee)

• Named to The Best Lawyers in America – Commercial Litigation (2015-2023)
• AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated – Martindale-Hubbell
• Named to the Ohio Super Lawyers list (2004-2016)
• Named a “Forty Under 40” award recipient by Columbus Business First (Class of 2002)

As a certified baseball umpire, Andy has the expertise to analyze a situation and make the right call, even when things get tense. He brings those same skills to bear in his business litigation practice.

• Ulmer Attorneys Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America© 2023 Report
• Best Lawyers® 2020: 60 Ulmer Attorneys Recognized, Two Partners Named “Lawyer of the Year”