Andrew Strauss |

Strauss Attorneys, PLLC

Andrew Strauss | Strauss Attorneys, PLLC

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WE DO ESTATE PLANNING. WE DO IT WELL.
Andy Strauss is a Board Certified Specialist in Estate Planning & Probate Law. His North Carolina practice includes the full spectrum of complex estate planning, estate tax planning, and asset protection planning. He is a 1978 graduate of Georgetown University School of Law and a member of the North Carolina, Florida and Pennsylvania State Bars. Andrew is married to Holly and has two daughters: Spencer and Courtney.

BAR ADMISSIONS
Pennsylvania, 1979
Florida, 1979
North Carolina, 1993
U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida, 1979
U.S. District Court Northern District of Florida, 1979
U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida, 1979
U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court, 2003
U.S. Tax Court

EDUCATION
J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC 1978, Cum Laude
M.A., University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1975
B.S., University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1975, Cum Laude, Major: Economics

FRATERNITY
Phi Gamma Delta

PUBLISHED WORKS
Estate Planning with Irrevocable Life Insurance Trusts, 1996
Estate Planning with Family Limited Partnerships, 1998
Charitable Planning with Real Property, N.C. Bar Association, 2002
LEGACY: Plan, Protect and Preserve Your Estate, The Esperti Peterson Institute, Denver, 1996
GENERATIONS, Planning Your Legacy, The Esperti Peterson Institute, Denver, 1999

CLASSES & SEMINARS TAUGHT
Frequent Lecturer, Educational Seminars and Symposia for Attorneys, Presented at Annual Estate Planning Conference of North Carolina Bar Association on Family Limited Partnerships and Discount Entities
Formerly Adjunct Professor, Business Law, University of North Carolina Asheville, N.C.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS
Member, Who’s Who in American Law
Member, North Carolina Bar Association, Sections on Estate Planning and Fiduciary Law, Elder Law
Member, North Carolina State Bar Association
Member, Pennsylvania State Bar (inactive)
Member, Florida State Bar
Member, Land of the Sky Council of Estate Planning Attorneys
Former Board Member, Asheville Symphony and Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Community
Board Member, Mission Healthcare Foundation, Asheville, North Carolina
Board Member, Cornerstone Strategic Return Fund (AMEX:CRF)
Board Member, Cornerstone Strategic Value Fund (AMEX:CLM)

PAST EMPLOYMENT POSITIONS
Honorable John Hess, Superior Court, Washington, D.C., Law Clerk
McGuire, Wood (formerly Mahoney, Hadlow & Adams), Jacksonville, FL
White Knight Healthcare, Inc., Asheville, NC, President
LMV Leasing (Subsidiary of Xerox), President

PRO BONO ACTIVITIES
Pisgah Legal Services
Board Member, Mission Hospital Foundation
Advisory Board, Asheville Lyric Opera

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
2016 Top Rated Lawyer in Trust & Estates – American Lawyer and Martindale-Hubbell™