Mr.
Andrews was born in 1947, raised in rural
South Carolina, and then received his
undergraduate and law degrees with honors from Emory University in
Atlanta, Georgia. He began his Washington
career in 1973 as Chief Legislative
Assistant to United States Senator Sam Nunn
(D-GA). Before forming Butera &
Andrews, he had been the primary partner
for legislative cases at the large,
nationally respected law firm of Sutherland,
Asbill & Brennan (SAB), which then had
approximately 250 attorneys and maintained
offices in Atlanta, Ga. and Washington, DC
During his 15 years at SAB, he coordinated
the firm's extensive and diverse legislative
and government relations work, which
involved environmental matters, federal
taxation, insurance, banking, financial
services and other issues. His clients, which have been located throughout the nation
and abroad, have included numerous major
corporations, trade associations, coalitions
and Governors of various states.
On
January 1, 1990, Mr. Andrews left SAB and
joined with Mr. Butera . He is the author of numerous articles
and has made many presentations and speeches
on legislation relating to lobbying and
specific environmental, tax, insurance,
housing finance and financial services
issues. Mr. Andrews also advises clients on
lobbying ethics, campaign finance law
compliance and the requirements of the
Senate and House gift rules. He has been featured on many
television and radio programs dealing with
lobbying, including shows on the BBC, Cable
News Network (CNN), Canadian Broadcasting,
CBS News, CNBC, C-Span, Court TV, NBC, NET,
News Talk TV, and National Public Radio. |
