Experience

Andy is a Partner in the firm’s Washington, DC office. He has 45 years of counseling, trial and appellate experience for complex litigation matters in both federal and state courts, in the areas of tort and business litigation, insurance coverage and reinsurance, government and civil contracts, fraud and other commercial torts, bad faith, healthcare, and other professional liability and product liability. Andy has been involved recently in a variety of civil litigation matters susceptible to dispositive motions, including professional liability disputes involving architects, engineers, building contractors, and environmental consultants, as well as medical care providers; premises liability and public carrier liability; insurance coverage for construction defects and environmental emissions; and government subcontractor disputes.

Andy has handled appeals involving such diverse subjects as insurance coverage, construction defects, professional liability, and employer liability and contract disputes, including cases that established significant new law regarding mass tort and additional insured insurance coverage, statutory-employer immunity, arbitration procedure, common carrier liability, and standards of care for claims against medical professionals and others involving technical expertise.