Andrew Mark Hutchison

I concentrate my practice in the areas of commercial litigation, professional liability, construction litigation and insurance coverage counseling and litigation.  I have represented business entities and individuals in complex commercial and business tort litigation involving breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, director’s and officer’s liability, corporate, limited liability company and partnership dissolutions and disputes, intentional interference with contract and prospective economic advantage, patent infringement, conversion, fraud, conspiracy, professional liability, products liability, statutory violations, and shareholder derivative actions.  I have represented business entities and individuals in employment matters involving restrictive covenants, trade secrets, and wage, salary, and commissions disputes.

I have defended and prosecuted claims involving director’s and officer’s liability.  My defense work includes defending directors, officers, and corporations in lawsuits brought by former officers and shareholders for wrongful termination, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, conspiracy, and business torts such as intentional inference with contractual relations and prospective economic advantage.  My prosecution work includes representing a corporation in an action against former officers for fraud and breach of fiduciary duty and representing a former director, chairman of the board, and CEO in a lawsuit against the other directors and officers for breach of fiduciary duty arising from his wrongful ouster from the company.

I regularly represent architects, landscape architects, engineers, consultants and other design professionals in litigated matters and provide general corporate counseling on issues including contract drafting and negotiation, insurance procurement and coverage, fee disputes, mechanic's liens, and corporate structure, registration and licensing.  I also represent primary and excess insurers in lawsuits involving first-party and third-party insurance coverage, bad faith, and unfair business practices under insurance policies including commercial general liability, professional liability, technology and information E&O liability, and managed care organization liability coverage.