Andy grew up in northeastern Ohio before moving to central Ohio in 1990.  He earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Ohio University in 1989.  He went on to study law at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, where he was a managing editor of The Ohio State Law Review and published on limited liability companies.  Andy has a Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating of AV Preeminent®.

After graduating from law school in 1996, Andy began his law career in private practice in Columbus.  He also worked as underwriting counsel with the Commercial Division of Title First Agency, Inc., where he was responsible for 1031 like-kind exchanges and private banking customers, as well as commercial transactions.  In 2005, Andy became in-house counsel for Klingbeil Capital Management, Ltd.  Immediately prior to joining our firm in May 2012, Andy was of counsel with Firestone, Brehm, Hanson & Wolf, LLP.

Andy practices in the areas of real estate and business.  He is a member of the Delaware County, Columbus and Ohio State Bar Associations, the Delaware Area Chamber of Commerce (board member and co-chair of the Business Development Task Force and Infrastructure committee) and the Sunbury-Big Walnut Area Chamber of Commerce. Andy was also an active member of NAIOP [the Commercial Real Estate Development Association (Central Ohio President for 2013 and NAIOP Ohio Board Member and Officer from January 2004 to November 2015)].

He has been published [Ohio’s New Statute on Limited Liability Companies, 56 OHIO St. L.J. 951 (1995)] and has been an instructor at various continuing legal education seminars regarding 1031 like-kind exchanges, real property development, and title insurance.

Andy is active in the community. He is a former member of the Big Walnut Local School District Board of Education (2012 to 2019, serving as president for 2017 and 2018) and has served on the Big Walnut Education Foundation Board of Trustees and the Community for Eagle Pride/Big Walnut Action to Benefit Children (Volunteer and Volunteer Coordinator for get-out-the-vote for levy and bond campaigns in 2006, 2008, 2009 and 2010).

He and his wife, Kendra, have five children. The family attends the Sunbury United Methodist Church, and his children are members of the Kountry Kids 4-H Chapter.  They are also active in the Big Walnut Lacrosse Association. Andy enjoys spending time with his family in the outdoors, where they camp, boat, hunt, fish, and shoot, as well as garden together.