Andrew joined McCormick, Gordon, Bloskey & Hughes, PA in September 2024.  His previous experience includes working for a national insurance defense firm, and specialized plaintiff’s firm representing a broad range of clients in both state and federal court.  In the fall of 2024, Andrew was elected to serve on the 35-member Young Lawyers’ Section Council—the governing body of The Missouri Bar Young Lawyers’ Section.

Andrew was born and raised in Johnson County, Kansas, and currently resides in Brookside in Kansas City, Missouri.  He obtained his undergraduate degree in Human Biology at the University of Kansas.  Andrew went on to receive his law degree from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law with an emphasis in intellectual property.  While in law school, Andrew was an editor for the UMKC Law Review and committed a significant portion of time to public service, having completed over 200 hours of pro bono work. In his final year, he served as a judicial intern for the Honorable Brian C. Wimes for the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri.  He was also an extern for UMKC School of Law’s Entrepreneurial and Intellectual Property Clinic, serving new and established entrepreneurs of Missouri and Kansas in need of assistance with legal services without the means to afford market rates for those services.  His experience has enabled him to fully analyze every angle of a case allowing to develop a pragmatic and effective strategy to serve his clients’ goals.

Andrew has a unique understanding of international law, having participated in a summer study program in Beijing, China, hosted by Renmin University of China Law School, generally recognized as China’s premier law school.  He also participated in a course on International Criminal Tribunals located in The Hague, Netherlands. While there, Andrew gained insight into the complex legal workings of The International Court of Justice (ICJ), International Criminal Court (ICC), The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) (since dissolved), the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), Iran-US Claims Tribunal (IUSCT), Special Tribunal on Lebanon (STL), and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).

PRACTICE AREAS
Civil and Business Litigation
Residential and Commercial Construction Litigation
Personal Injury
Product Liability

BAR ADMISSIONS
Missouri
Kansas
U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri

EDUCATION
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, J.D., 2019, Intellectual Property Emphasis
Honors, Pro Bono
UMKC Law Review, Program Editor
Urban Lawyer, Staff Member
UMKC Business and Entrepreneurial Clinic, Extern
University of Kansas, B.A., Human Biology, 2015

SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Selected as a 2022-23 Rising Star, Missouri Super Lawyers
Included in the 2021 Marquis Who’s Who

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Missouri Bar Association
Kansas Bar Association
Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association