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.