Andrew practices within Butler Snow’s Commercial Litigation Group. He is licensed to practice law in Tennessee and Arkansas, and he has experience in state and federal courts. Andrew handles a variety of civil litigation, including contract disputes, construction litigation, and disputes within closely-held businesses.
Overview
Andrew practices within Butler Snow’s Commercial Litigation Group. He is licensed to practice law in Tennessee and Arkansas, and he has experience in state and federal courts. Andrew handles a variety of civil litigation, including contract disputes, construction litigation, and disputes within closely-held businesses.
Practice Areas
Experience
- Defended national company as part of arbitration team against a $9 million claim for alleged breaches of an exclusivity agreement.
- Represented general contractor in enforcing a mechanics’ lien of over $100,000 for work completed at an apartment complex.
- Conducted rapid response on-site investigations of trucking accidents.
- Obtained eleven temporary restraining orders against four defendants in Shelby County Chancery Court related to fraudulently obtained funds and real estate. Following numerous motion hearings, the case settled prior to the preliminary injunction hearing.
- Designed and structured a final consent decree for an interpleader action in federal court.
- Won a writ of possession for personal property valued at over $500,000 in a contested possessory trial in Shelby County Circuit Court.
- Represents general contractors and subcontractors in enforcement of mechanics’ liens.
- Represented homeowners in construction renovation dispute with contractor and obtained favorable settlement.
- Successfully nominated a property to the Arkansas Register of Historic Places based on the criteria of local historical significance and local architectural significance.
Distinctions
- Eagle Scout
Bar Admissions
- Tennessee, 2019
- Arkansas, 2020
- U.S. District Courts
- Tennessee: Eastern, Middle, Western
- Arkansas: Western, Eastern
- Maryland: District of Maryland
- U.S. Court of Appeals
- 6th Circuit
Education
- University of Tennessee College of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 2019
- Concentration in Advocacy & Dispute Resolution
- Editor in Chief, Tennessee Journal of Law and Policy
- The Order of Barristers
- Vice Chair, Moot Court Executive Board
- Louis C. Woolf Trial Advocacy Scholarship
- Jerry P. Black, Jr. Student Clinic Attorney Award
- National Trial Team
- First Place, National Native American Law Students Association 15th Annual Writing Competition
- Second Place Best Spoken Advocate, National Native American Law Students Association 27th Annual Moot Court Competition
- Second Place Best Advocate, Phi Alpha Delta National Mock Trial Competition
- University of Memphis, B.A., Political Science, magna cum laude, 2015
- Honors in Political Science
- Externship, Honorable D. Kelly Thomas, Jr., Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals, 2018
- Internship, Honorable Julia S. Gibbons, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 2018
Associations
- Defense Research Institute (DRI)
- Tennessee Bar Association
- Memphis Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- Forum on Construction Law
- Young Lawyers Division
- Associate Editor, TYL Magazine, 2020-2021
- Associate Judge, Awards and Subgrants Team, 2020-2021
- Arkansas Bar Association
Papers, Presentations & Publications
- Presenter, “Mechanics’ Liens: Back to the Basics,” Tennessee Bar Association, December 2, 2022.
- Presenter, “Legislative Updates in Tennessee Construction Law,” Half Moon Seminars, Memphis, Tenn., October 2020.
- Author, “Five (5) Reasons to Stop Writing Numbers Like This,” ACC TN Q2 Newsletter, June 2020.
- Author, “Deadlines for construction-based mechanics’ liens in Tennessee,” Memphis Business Journal, May 26, 2020.
- Guest, “Boy Scouts in Memphis,” Our Memphis History Podcast, July 8, 2019
- Author, “The Shifting Landscape of Ancestral Lands: Tribal Gathering of Traditional Plants in National Parks,” 9 Ariz. J. Envtl. L. & Pol’y 1, 2018.
Civic Involvement
- Chickasaw Council, Boy Scouts of America
- Executive Board, 2012–2014, 2021–present
- Memphis Scottish Rite Foundation
- Board of Directors, 2022–present
- Kia Kima Alumni Association
- President, 2014–2017
- Board of Directors, 2014–2022
- New Memphis Institute, Embark, 2020
- AmeriCorps Member, Arizona Conservation Corps, 2015