Andy joined Walsh, Colucci, Lubeley in November, 2006 as a shareholder.In addition to his law practice, Andy serves as a Rear Admiral in the US Navy Reserve. In December 2018, Andy was recalled back to active duty service for 2.5 years. During this time he served as the Vice Director of the Navy Staff at the Pentagon as well as the Deputy Commander for the U.S. Submarine Force and then deployed as the Command Submarines NATO for 2 of those years. As COMSUBNATO, he was responsible for the operations of all submarines assigned to NATO. He returned to the firm in July 2021. Prior to joining the firm, Andy was a partner with Redmon, Peyton & Braswell in Alexandria where he concentrated his practice on real estate and general commercial matters, both from a transactional standpoint and in litigation and bankruptcy. Andy's practice focuses on general commercial law including commercial transactions, bankruptcy, mergers and acquisitions and civil litigation. He has extensive experience in the Federal District and Bankruptcy courts in Alexandria and in litigating and arbitrating commercial cases in other federal and state courts, for both bench and jury trials. Andy is a 1988 graduate of the United States Naval Academy and received an M.B.A. in 1995 from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Andy graduated from the University of Richmond, T.C. Williams School of Law in 1997 and was admitted to the Virginia Bar in 1997. Andy practices before Virginia state courts, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia and District of Columbia, and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.Andy served as the General Counsel to the Alexandria Small Business Development Center and Alexandria Chamber of Commerce for 8 years, is the Past President of the Alexandria Bar Association. Specialties: Commercial Litigation in Federal and State Courts