Andrew is a partner and chairs Boardman Clark’s Litigation Practice Group. He also chairs the firm’s Technology Committee. Andrew is past President of the Wisconsin Defense Counsel (Wisconsin’s civil defense bar). His trial and appellate practice focuses on the representation of insurance companies and their insureds. The cases primarily involve personal injury, property damage, and professional malpractice. 

Andrew also frequently represents insurance companies in insurance coverage disputes and extra-contractual litigation (bad faith). Finally, Andrew regularly defends municipalities in a wide variety of matters. Andrew is admitted to practice before all Wisconsin state and federal trial and appellate courts. He is listed in the Best Lawyers in America and is rated AV-Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell. Andrew is a member of Boardman Clark’s Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Action (IDEA) Group.

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Admitted to Practice

  • Wisconsin State Courts
  • United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin
  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Honors & Recognition

  • Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America®
    • Insurance Law, 2021-Present
  • Selected to The Wisconsin Super Lawyers: Rising Stars® list, 2012-2018
  • Named to The Wisconsin Super Lawyers® list, 2021-Present
  • AV® Rating by Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™
  • Following law school, Andrew served as Judicial Law Clerk to Justice Patience Drake Roggensack of the Wisconsin Supreme Court

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Presentations, Publications, & Contributions

  • Author, Wisconsin Insurance Law, Uninsured and Underinsured Motor Vehicle Insurance Coverage Chapters, Annual Supplements (State Bar of Wisconsin), 2021-Present
  • Author, “Successfully Excluding Treating Physicians’ Opinions under Daubert,” Wisconsin Civil Trial Journal, Vol. 18, No. 2 (2020)
  • Presenter, “Defending Claims for Loss of Earning Capacity,” Wisconsin Defense Counsel, Winter Conference 2019
  • Presenter, “Deposition Strategies for Effectively Defending Lawsuits,” Wisconsin Defense Counsel, Summer Conference 2019
  • Chief Editor, Wisconsin Civil Trial Journal, 2010-2017
  • Contributing Author, Tort Law Chapter in the Annual Survey of Wisconsin Law (State Bar of Wisconsin), 2010-2017
  • Author, "Deposition Techniques: Get Your Ducks in a Row," Wisconsin Lawyer, Vol. 86, No. 07, reprinted at Wis. Civil Trial J., Vol. 11, No. 3 (2013)
  • Presenter, “Deposition Techniques for New (and Old) Lawyers,” State Bar of Wisconsin Litigation, Dispute Resolution, and Appellate Practice Institute, 2013
  • Author, "Inequality by Default: The One-Sided Nature of Wisconsin’s Default Judgment Rules," Wisconsin Civil Trial Journal, Vol. 7, No. 4 (2009)
  • Author, "Spoliation of Electronically Stored Information, Good Faith, and Rule 37(e),” 29 N. Ill. U. L. Rev. 79 (2008)
  • Author, "A Heavy Burden: Proper Application of Copyright's Merger and Scenes a Fair Doctrines,” 8 Wake Forest Intell. Prop. L.J. 128 (2007)

Community Involvement & Board Memberships

  • United Way of Dane County
    • Boardman Clark's United Way Campaign Committee Chair
    • Key Club and Rosenberry Society Member
    • "Healthy for Life" Community Solutions Team Former Member

Professional Memberships

  • The American Bar Foundation, Fellow
  • American Bar Association
  • Association for Civil Defense Attorneys, Wisconsin State Representative
  • Wisconsin Defense Counsel, Executive Board Member and Past President
  • The American Inns of Court, James E. Doyle Chapter
  • State Bar of Wisconsin
  • Dane County Bar Association

Education

  • J.D., summa cum laude, Michigan State University College of Law, 2008
    • Michigan State Law Review, Articles Editor
    • Dean Charles H. King Scholarship
    • Jurisprudence Awards in Civil Procedure II and Research, Writing and Advocacy I
  • B.S. German Literature, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2005