Andy is a shareholder of the firm, practicing primarily in the area of civil litigation. Andy has 35 years of trial experience litigating civil cases, including personal injury, products liability, industrial and construction site accidents, professional liability, and insurance coverage, matters.

Andy has an extensive appellate practice, resulting in over 100 published opinions to his credit. He has been described in statewide publications as "an appellate ace." He is best known in the legal community for having represented the plaintiffs in the seminal case in New Hampshire recognizing hedonic damages, Marcotte v. Timberland/ Hampstead School District, 143 N.H. 331 (1999). He is responsible for several other landmark decisions published from the New Hampshire Supreme Court, including DeBenedetto v. CLD Consulting Engineers, Inc., 153 N.H. 793 (2006); Sisson v. Jankowski, 148 N.H. 503 (2002); Valenti v. Net Properties, 142 N.H. 633 (1998); and Meaney v. Rubega, 142 N.H. 530 (1997), and from the United States District Court and in the First Circuit Court of Appeals, including Northland Ins. Co. v. New Hampshire Ins. Co., 63 F.Supp.2d 128 (D.N.H. 1999, No. Civ. 95-434-B), and Hugel v. Milberg, Weiss, 175 F.3d 14 (1st Cir. 1999).

Andy has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America, published by Woodward White, Inc. for over 15 years for his expertise in personal injury litigation. He was recently listed in New England Super Lawyers for his prowess as a trial lawyer. He has also been cited by his peers as "the smartest lawyer you know" in a survey taken by New Hampshire Magazine in 2003. He has testified in court and in the legislature as an expert on insurance issues. He previously served as Chairman of the New Hampshire Bar Insurance Committee and as a Board Member of American National Lawyers Insurance Reciprocal. Andy was honored by the New Hampshire Bar Association for distinguished service to the profession for his volunteer work and currently serves on the Board of Governors at Tufts Medical Center and Floating Hospital for Children and on the Board of Directors of the New Hampshire Bar Insurance Agency.

EDUCATION:

Duke University School of Law, Juris Doctor, 1974
Columbia University, Bachelor of Arts, 1971

BAR ADMISSIONS:

New Hampshire