Full-Service Law Firm solving complex challenges through bold thinking, precise execution, and shared purpose.

Full Service Law Firm | Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

Specializing in the Intersection of Business &amp; Government

Meet our team of trusted advisors, strategic thinkers, and community builders dedicated to client success.

Learn about our full-service legal and business solutions, designed to address complex challenges for leading organizations across industries.

Access thought leadership, news, and resources to stay informed about the latest trends, legal developments, and industry innovations.

Discover how partnership, bold thinking, and precise execution drive results for clients nationwide.

Explore how our national reach and local expertise support clients across the United States and beyond.

Grow at a firm designed to bring out your best.

core/heading

Andy maintains a robust transactional and outside general counsel practice.  He advises faith-based and mission-driven organizations, including churches, schools, camps, and foster &amp; adoption organizations.

contentpilot/introduction

Examples of ways Andy serves clients include advising on bylaws, contracts, mergers, acquisitions, and other combinations, divestitures of locations or business lines, property transactions, facility use policies, exempt organization matters such as UBIT and property tax exemptions, personnel policies, counseling centers, internal investigations, and related legal, transactional, and strategic matters.

core/paragraph

Andy also assists healthcare providers with transactional, regulatory, and operational matters. He has significant experience with healthcare matters including business transactions, acquisitions, the Anti-Kickback Statute, the Stark Law, HIPAA and privacy matters, contract drafting, and due diligence.

Prior to joining Michael Best, Andy practiced at a major international law firm and served in-house as Associate University Counsel at the University of North Carolina (UNC)-Chapel Hill. At UNC, Andy advised the University’s schools of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmacy on a wide range of transactional, regulatory, and operational matters. He also served as the Associate Dean for Strategy &amp; Compliance at UNC’s Adams School of Dentistry on an interim basis.

Outside of the office, Andy has served various nonprofit organizations and his church.  Andy and his wife Laura are grateful to have 4 young children and invest most of their time with them.

core/block

Examples of Andy’s experience include the following:

Outside general counsel to mid-sized and growing churches/nonprofits.

core/list-item

Buy-side and sell-side counsel in strategic and roll-up acquisitions.

Negotiated a research collaboration and option agreement in a public/private partnership.

Counseled a faith-based nonprofit organization through an in-depth internal investigation and ecclesiastical court trial process.

Developed and implemented physician and dentist compensation plan for mid-sized and large practice groups.

Advised physician and dentistry practice groups in creating form employment agreements.

Advised owner of dental practice in sale to employee.

Advised single-specialty physician practice in buy-in of new partner and transfer of property.

Advised practice group in various joint ventures.

Advised owner of multi-state metals business in sale to investor group.

Advised orthopedic surgeon in split from partner and practice sale to hospital.

core/list

Raleigh

Durham

<p>Paws in the Pews: Accommodations for Service Animals in Places of Worship</p>

Unlocking Restricted/Designated Funds for Faith Based Organizations

Appellate court reversal – 501(c)(3) status is not “federal financial assistance” for purposes of Title IX.  Significant development for religious private schools. 

Federal Appellate Court Overturns Trial Court in Favor of Religious Private School Due to Constitutional Ministerial Exception

Michael Best Elevates Eight Attorneys to Partnership

Caring well for “hoary heads” on your church staff – Medicare supplemental plan considerations for religious organizations

IRS Position in Johnson Amendment Case Leaves More Questions Than Answers

REPIFs Demystified: Legal and Financial Tools for Faith-Based Real Estate

Single Entity or Multiple Entities?

Playgrounds, Pickleball, and Premises Liability – Common Issues for Churches

More Lawsuits… Thanks AI

Beyond the Bank: Two New Funding Tools for Christian Schools

Lessons from the Tax Court: Contemporaneous Written Acknowledgments from Nonprofits to Donors – Strict Compliance Required, Substantial Compliance Not Enough.

Andy Andrews

Credentials

Insights

Lessons from the Tax Court: Contemporaneous Written Acknowledgments from Nonprofits to Donors – Strict Compliance Required, Substantial Compliance Not Enough.

Beyond the Bank: Two New Funding Tools for Christian Schools

More Lawsuits… Thanks AI

Credentials

Practices

Industries

Education

Admissions

Insights

Lessons from the Tax Court: Contemporaneous Written Acknowledgments from Nonprofits to Donors – Strict Compliance Required, Substantial Compliance Not Enough.

Beyond the Bank: Two New Funding Tools for Christian Schools

More Lawsuits… Thanks AI

Slide Menu

Slide Search