Andrew Womack,
Associate

Legal Administrative Assistant:Ben Ashton
+1.512.391.8004

Biography

As a former Assistant Attorney General, Andrew offers clients strategic counsel on high-stakes litigation matters.

He supports clients in a diverse mix of environmental litigation and governmental tort liability across industrial sectors. Andrew’s practice primarily focuses on citizen suits, enforcement actions, climate change litigation, and all major environmental statutes. His experience also includes defending mass actions and toxic torts, enforcing environmental indemnity claims, and providing regulatory advocacy.

Prior to joining B&D, Andrew was an Assistant Attorney General with the Civil Law Division of the Tennessee Attorney General’s Office. He litigated a range of Tennessee constitutional legal issues, including the Civil Rights Act, Health Care Liability Act, Tennessee tort reform statutes, and the Tennessee Public Participation Act.

Andrew is also the co-owner and co-founder of Wild Woods Nature School, a nature-based education program for children in Tennessee.

Education

  • Sewanee: The University of the South  (B.A., 2012)
    • Political Science; International Law and Relations & American Voter Behavior
  • Vermont Law School  (J.D., magna cum laude, 2016)
    • Ballenger-Green Memorial Writing Winner

Bar Admissions

  • Tennessee
  • Texas

Court Admissions

  • U.S. Court of Appeals - Sixth Circuit
  • U.S. District Court - Eastern District of Tennessee
  • U.S. District Court - Middle District of Tennessee
  • U.S. District Court – Western District of Tennessee

Professional Affiliations

Nashville Bar Association

Languages

  • Spanish (proficiency)

Publications

M. Andrew Womack, The Latest Nuclear War: Does the Use of Depleted Uranium Armaments and Armors Constitute a War Crime? 41 VT. L. REV., 407-30 (2017).