Andrew A Strauss - Asheville, NC

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia, 1978
    J.D.
    Honors: cum laude

• Non Legal Education

  • University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1975
    M.A.
  • University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1975
    B.S. Econ.
    Honors: cum laude
    Major: Economics

Current Employment Position(s)

• Managing Shareholder

Past 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

References

• First Citizens Bank

• Carolina First Bank

Classes and Seminars

• 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.

Pro Bono Activities

• Pisgah Legal Services
• Board Member, Mission Hospital Foundation
• Advisory Board, Asheville Lyric Opera

Representative Clients

• Quiznos - Asheville

• Asheville Oil Company

• Kimmel & Associates

• Steve White Motors

Published Works

Articles

• 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
  

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

Specialties and Certifications

• Certified Specialist in Estate Planning & Probate Law, North Carolina State Bar Board of Legal Specialization

Other Affiliations

• 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 (Past Member of Governing Council of Estate Planning/Fiduciary Law Section)
• Florida State Bar (Member)
• Land of the Sky Council of Estate Planning Attorneys (Member)
• Asheville Symphony and Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Community (Board Member)
• Cornerstone Strategic Return Fund (AMEX:CRF) (Board Member)
• Cornerstone Progressive Return Fund (AMEX:PGF) (Board Member)
• Cornerstone Strategic Value Fund (AMEX:CLM) (Board Member)

Fraternities and Sororities

• Phi Gamma Delta