Andrew works to build strategic partnerships with clients primarily within the Ahlers & Cooney Litigation, ADR & Emergency Response/Investigation and Employment & Labor Law practice areas.  This work entails creating means to achieve clients’ objectives through all phases of pre-litigation, litigation, trial and/or appeal.  He spends the majority of his time counseling clients through all types of litigation in state and federal courts at both the trial and appellate levels and before many national, state and local administrative agencies.

In the litigation arena, Andrew has handled widely varied claims involving such things as construction/surety concerns/claims, commercial contract disputes, product liability claims, fire and explosion investigations/claims, insurance bad faith claims, aviation accidents, libel and slander claims, premises liability claims, and automobile accidents.  Most recently, Andrew has spent a significant amount of time defending product liability claims affecting such industries as: consumer products, industrial machinery and equipment, agricultural machinery, commercial products, and transportation and trucking.

In the employment arena, Andrew’s experience has been in responding to allegations of wrongful actions and/or injuries in the workplace.  He has handled claims alleging all types of discrimination, harassment or retaliation under state and federal law, breach of express and implied contracts including non-compete and non-solicitation provisions, violations of public policy, defamation, promissory estoppel, interference with contract, blacklisting and other related claims.  He has also defended both self-insured and insured employers when confronted with allegations of workplace injuries involving sizable exposures for monetary awards.