Butler Snow LLP is pleased to welcome attorney Andrew F. Dearing to the firm’s Atlanta, Georgia, office. Dearing is joining as a member of the Products, Catastrophic & Industrial Litigation practice group.
“We are excited to welcome Andrew to the firm’s Atlanta office,” said Christopher R. Maddux, chair of Butler Snow. “His experience in complex civil litigation, constitutional law, and appellate advocacy—combined with his service as an Assistant Attorney General and federal law clerk—brings exceptional depth to our practice and will greatly benefit our clients.”
Andrew F. Dearing
Dearing is a member of the firm’s Products, Catastrophic & Industrial Litigation group and focuses his practice on defending clients against tort claims throughout all stages of litigation. He also regularly represents both plaintiffs and defendants in complex commercial disputes. He most recently served as a term law clerk to the Honorable Walter E. Johnson of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, where he drafted orders, prepared recommendations, and assisted in judicial decision-making across a range of matters.
Previously, he served as an Assistant Attorney General in the Georgia Attorney General’s Office, Commercial Litigation Division. In that role, he defended and prosecuted civil cases on behalf of the State of Georgia, represented state agencies and officials in trial and appellate courts, and handled matters involving constitutional law, sovereign immunity, regulatory enforcement, and commercial disputes. He has first-chair experience presenting dispositive motions in trial courts throughout the state and has successfully argued before Georgia’s appellate courts.
Dearing earned his bachelor’s degree from Troy University, and he earned his Juris Doctor from Emory University School of Law, where he was Assistant Managing Editor of the Journal of Law and Religion, a member of the Moot Court Society, and a research assistant to leading law faculty. He is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Georgia, the Georgia Court of Appeals, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, and all U.S. District Courts in Georgia.
