Andrew R. Hamilton
Director, Litigation Department
Office781-904-2706
300 TradeCenter
Suite 7000
Woburn, MA 01801

Andrew is a Director of the firm’s Litigation Department where he assists clients in a wide variety of civil matters in both New Hampshire and Massachusetts.  His primary focus is on complex commercial and land use/real estate litigation, where he has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in multi-million dollar disputes.  As part of the firm’s education law group, Andrew assists independent school clients to resolve disputes in an efficient manner, in accordance with each school’s unique mission and character.  Andrew is also an experienced appellate advocate, having represented clients in numerous appeals, including presenting oral arguments to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.  Andrew is an Executive Board member of the Boston American Inn of Court and was named an “Up & Coming Lawyer” by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly in 2021.  

Andrew received his J.D. from St. John’s University School of Law, cum laude (2013) and his A.B. from Dartmouth College (2004).  Andrew was a Judicial Intern for the Honorable P. Kevin Castel of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (2011).

Andrew was a summer associate with the firm in 2012 and joined the firm in September 2013.

 

Areas of Focus

  • ​Commercial Litigation
  • Environmental Litigation
  • General Civil Litigation
  • Land Use and Development
  • Civil Rights Litigation

Admissions

  • Massachusetts
  • New Hampshire
  • U.S. District Court for Massachusetts
  • U.S. District Court for New Hampshire
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Involvement

  • Executive Board Member, Boston American Inn of Court
  • Member, Boston Bar Association
  • Member, New Hampshire Bar Association
  • Member, Dartmouth Lawyers Association

Awards

  • Massachusetts Super Lawyers (Civil Litigation: Defense) 2023
  • 2021 Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, Excellence in the Law, Up & Coming Lawyers list
  • 2016 Jack B. Middleton Pro Bono Legal Services Award,
  • 2012 Religious Freedom Student Writing Competition (Third Place)
  • Student Fellow, Center for Law and Religion at St. John’s University School of Law
  • Senior Staff Member, St. John’s Law Review

Publications