Associate Clinical Professor of Law
Director of the Community Enterprise Clinic
B.A, Political Science, Rutgers University, summa cum laude, 1991; J.D, School of Law, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2000, Chancellor's Scholar, Order of the Coif.
Andrew is an Associate Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the Law School’s Community Enterprise Clinic. In addition to directing the clinic, he teaches courses in community development law and professional responsibility. In addition to his teaching at the Law School, Andrew currently serves as the associate editor of the Journal of Affordable Housing and Community Development Law, a quarterly legal journal published by the American Bar Association.
Prior to joining the Law School faculty in 2002, Andrew practiced full-time with Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC, where he was a founding member of the firm's Community Development Law team. Andrew now maintains a limited private practice that is concentrated in the areas of nonprofit, affordable housing and community development law. He represents developers, financial institutions, local governments and local, statewide, regional and national nonprofits on a wide range of community revitalization projects.
Before becoming a lawyer, Andrew held leadership positions with several nonprofit community development organizations based in North Carolina. These include the Southern Rural Development Initiative, the North Carolina Justice and Community Development Center, the Community Reinvestment Association of North Carolina and the North Carolina Association of Community Development Corporations. In all of these positions, Andrew worked with community-based organizations, leading private sector institutions and public policymakers to develop and implement community economic development strategies in order to increase economic opportunities for the residents of low-wealth communities in North Carolina and throughout the Southeast.
Andrew is licensed to practice in North Carolina. He is a member of the American Bar Association, as well as the ABA's Business Law Section and Forum on Affordable Housing and Community Development Law. He is also a member of the North Carolina Bar Association and is active in the NCBA's Business Law Section and Young Lawyers Division. Andrew also serves as a member of the board of directors of the Southern Rural Development Initiative, Community Affordable Housing, Equity Corporation and the North Carolina Fair Housing Center.