Partner Nicholas Andrews is a relentless litigator who is uncompromising when it comes to delivering meaningful results for clients. He knows only too well that his work can mean the difference for victims between having a life at home with their family and being forced to live a life in an institution.
That powerful sense of empathy is paired with a sharp legal insight that Andrews has to not just win, but to secure the maximum amount of benefits that his clients are entitled to. Andrews and the team work to litigate and resolve cases that will guarantee catastrophic injury victims the ability to live with and be cared for by their families for years into the future. In 2024, he was instrumental in securing several multi-million-dollar family attendant care settlements as reported in Michigan Lawyers Weekly.
With such a remarkable rate of success, Andrews is playing a critical role in shaping Michigan’s No-Fault auto laws. He has testified several times before the Michigan House Insurance Committee and the House Select Committee on Reducing Car Insurance Rates.
Andrews is a 1989 graduate of Michigan State University College of Law, where he served as Note & Comment Editor of the Detroit College of Law Review. He has received the highest attorney rating by Martindale-Hubbell and has handled more than 70 jury trials in both State and Federal Courts. Andrews has lectured extensively in the areas of trial practice and automobile and insurance law. He is a member of the American Association for Justice, the Michigan Association for Justice, the Oakland County Bar Association, the Federal Bar Association Eastern District of Michigan Chapter, and the Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society, where he is an Advocates Guild Member.
Andrews currently serves as President of the Michigan Association for Justice (MAJ), an organization of more than 1,300 trial lawyers. He also serves as a member of MAJ’s No-Fault Committee and is Chair of the Bad Faith & Insurance Committee. He is the past Chairperson of the Oakland County Bar Association’s Circuit Court Committee and has served as a Council Member of the State Bar of Michigan Insurance & Indemnity Section. He is admitted to practice in the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and the United States District Courts for the Eastern District of Michigan and the Western District of Michigan. He is an associate member of the Michigan Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates, a national association of experienced trial lawyers and judges.