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Wilson Elser Bolsters Southern Region with Team of Eight Lateral Attorneys in Jackson, Mississippi, and Birmingham, Alabama
June 27, 2019
Andy Walsh has more than 20 years of broad-based civil litigation experience, including transportation law, insurance defense, class actions, employment law, motor vehicle warranty/Lemon Law, consumer fraud/fraudulent sales practices, and business disputes. In addition, Andy has extensive experience at the appellate level, having successfully handled appeals before the Supreme Court of Alabama, the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals and the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. An accomplished writer and researcher, Andy is a “lawyer’s lawyer” from whom other litigators regularly solicit strategic advice and creative solutions in complex legal matters.
Andy has a breadth of real estate E&O defense experience managing and resolving claims on behalf of large national property management and brokerage firms as well as litigating disputes throughout the United States on behalf of real estate brokers, appraisers, title abstractors, home inspectors, insurance brokers, managing agents and broker-dealers. In addition to efficiently managing claims, he assists our real estate professionals in licensing and regulatory matters as well as navigating complex contractual issues, leases and agency agreements; performing due diligence related to acquisitions; helping to ensure fair housing and other applicable statutory and/or local code and regulatory compliance. Andy’s experience in the insurance and real estate industries results in spot-on analysis of liability and exposure and results in effective resolution strategies.
Transportation & Emergency Response
Having joined Wilson Elser’s Birmingham, Alabama, office in 2019 after more than 12 years with a large local firm, Andy’s current practice focuses on the defense of registered motor carriers and their commercial drivers in relation to heavy truck accidents, including at the pre-suit stage as part of rapid post-accident intervention and investigation, at the trial court level and on appeal.
Andy Walsh has more than 20 years of broad-based civil litigation experience, including transportation law, insurance defense, class actions, employment law, motor vehicle warranty/Lemon Law, consumer fraud/fraudulent sales practices, and business disputes. In addition, Andy has extensive experience at the appellate level, having successfully handled appeals before the Supreme Court of Alabama, the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals and the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. An accomplished writer and researcher, Andy is a “lawyer’s lawyer” from whom other litigators regularly solicit strategic advice and creative solutions in complex legal matters.
Andy has a breadth of real estate E&O defense experience managing and resolving claims on behalf of large national property management and brokerage firms as well as litigating disputes throughout the United States on behalf of real estate brokers, appraisers, title abstractors, home inspectors, insurance brokers, managing agents and broker-dealers. In addition to efficiently managing claims, he assists our real estate professionals in licensing and regulatory matters as well as navigating complex contractual issues, leases and agency agreements; performing due diligence related to acquisitions; helping to ensure fair housing and other applicable statutory and/or local code and regulatory compliance. Andy’s experience in the insurance and real estate industries results in spot-on analysis of liability and exposure and results in effective resolution strategies.