ANDREW (ANDY) HARRIS, shareholder, is a seasoned and successful litigator who protects and advances his clients’ interests in a wide range of matters inside and outside the courtroom. With particularly extensive experience handling real estate and leasing matters, Andy provides counsel designed to accomplish client goals while minimizing costs.
Andy focuses his advocacy on real estate and commercial litigation matters and has also handled cases involving federal and state tax issues, insurance, construction, and the defense of professional negligence claims.
A savvy negotiator with a keen eye for identifying potentially problematic issues, Andy is particularly well-versed in complex commercial, industrial, and residential leasing matters. He works closely with landlords and tenants to craft commercially favorable leases laying the foundation for stable, mutually beneficial lessor-lessee relationships. When disputes arise, Andy’s determined yet diplomatic approach facilitates favorable outcomes, without the need for protracted litigation.
Regularly recognized by his peers for his professional excellence, Andy complements his litigation and real estate practices with work as a licensed business/real estate mediator, where he helps parties efficiently resolve disputes and avoid unnecessary litigation.
Andy has a long record of public service and community involvement. He served as an elected member of the Birmingham City Commission from 2015-2019 and as the city’s mayor from 2017-2018. Andy previously was an elected trustee of the Library Board for the City of Birmingham and president of its Parks and Recreation Board. In addition, he serves as president of the Oakland County Bar Foundation and is a former chairman of the Oakland County Bar Association Real Estate Committee. He is also the former president of the Birmingham Little League, serves as legal counsel/board member for the Birmingham Hockey Association, and, along with his wife, serves as the co-president of the Birmingham Unified High School hockey boosters.
In 2025, the Oakland County Bar Association honored Andy with their Distinguished Service Award. This award recognizes an OCBA member who provides exceptional voluntary services and demonstrates superior dedication to improving the legal community, the OCBA, and the general public.
A graduate of the University of Michigan, Andy earned his law degree from Wayne State University in 2003. He also obtained a Master of Law degree from Wayne State University’s Tax LL.M. program in 2010.
