Practice Areas
- Complex Commercial Litigation
- Labor and Employment Law
- Class and Collective Action Litigation
- Financial Services Litigation
Education
University of Alabama School of Law
- J.D. 2015, magna cum laude
- Order of the Coif
- Hugo Black Scholar
- Senior Editor, Alabama Law Review
- Dean’s List
University of Alabama
-
B.A. 2012, summa cum laude
Bar Admissions
- State Bar of Georgia
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
- Georgia Supreme Court and Court of Appeals
Andrew M. Swindle
Andrew Swindle has represented businesses in a variety of litigation matters across the country, including complex commercial litigation, labor and employment litigation, and appellate litigation. Andrew has represented technology companies, financial corporations, and other public and private entities in both federal and state jurisdictions and has broad experience litigating breach of contract, trade secrets, and other business torts, as well as employment-related matters.
Before joining KCO, Andrew clerked for Chief Judge Waverly Crenshaw in the Middle District of Tennessee, which allowed him to develop his research and drafting skills while working on complex commercial, employment, and class and collective action disputes. Andrew also previously practiced as a Corporate Associate at a large Atlanta law firm, specializing in cross-border mergers and acquisitions.
Andrew graduated magna cum laude from the University of Alabama School of Law, where he was a Hugo Black Scholar, member of the Bench and Bar Honor Society, and inducted as a member of the Order of the Coif. He also served as Senior Editor of the Alabama Law Review and had his Note, Virgin Mary or Mary Magdalene: An Examination of the Contraceptive Mandate Cases and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act’s Substantial Burden Standard (66 Ala. L. Rev. 925 (2015)) chosen by his peers for publication. Prior to law school, Andrew graduated summa cum laude from the University of Alabama.
- Defended national payment processing and technology provider company in putative collection action related to wage and hour claims. Obtained favorable resolution for client on an individual basis prior to conditional certification.
- Defended national payment processing and technology provider company in restrictive covenant dispute with former executive. Obtained favorable resolution for client after entry of preliminary injunction for client.
- Defended national telecommunications company in TCPA putative class action. Obtained early voluntarily dismissal with no payment by client.
- Defended national telecommunications company in TCPA putative class action. Obtained early voluntarily dismissal with no payment by client.
- Defendant national mortgage company in TCPA putative class action. Obtained first of its kind dismissal of internal do-not-call class claims on standing grounds in Ninth Circuit.
- Defended hospitality company against discrimination claims. Obtained favorable resolution for client prior to summary judgment.
- Counseled businesses in the energy, products, telecommunications, and payment system verticals regarding litigation avoidance and compliance with several statutes that govern contact with consumers, such as the TCPA and CAN-SPAM.
- Represented public entity in complex commercial litigation matter in federal and state court.
- Represented technology company in breach of contract and tortious interference claim in federal court.
- Represented benefits technology company in protest of multimillion-dollar government contract award.
- Represented private South Florida company in its sale of a portfolio of gas stations to a leading US gasoline and convenience retailer.
- Graduated magna cum laude with Order of the Coif honors
- Junior/Senior Editor for the Alabama Law Review
- Bankruptcy Commercial Law Section Award
- Hugo L. Black Scholar Award
- Bench and Bar Legal Honor Society
- Best Paper(s)–Bankruptcy, Law and Religion, Race and the U.S. Justice System
- Published Note, Virgin Mary or Mary Magdalene: An Examination of the Contraceptive Mandate Cases and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act’s Substantial Burden Standard (66 Ala. L. Rev. 925 (2015))