Andrew has extensive experience organizing and advising small to medium sized businesses, especially start-ups. Andrew offers solid, practical advice stemming from his broad background in various business models such as construction, creative arts, retail, food service, real estate, pubs and bars and hospitality. As General Counsel to various businesses, his foremost goal is to close the deal and keep the client out of litigation, although his extensive in-court experience makes him invaluable in settlement, mediation and litigation of business disputes. Andrew brings an outside the box, solution-oriented perspective to solving civil disputes that his clients value. His uncompromising integrity, honesty and forthrightness ensure that clients never falter during what is commonly the most stressful ordeals of their lives. His areas of practice include estate planning, probate, civil litigation, business formation and operation, real estate, and creative arts.