Andrew A Strauss

Andy Strauss is a Board Certified Specialist in Estate Planning & Probate Law. His North Carolina practice includes the full spectrum of complex estate planning, estate tax planning, and asset protection planning. He is a 1978 graduate of Georgetown University School of Law and a member of the North Carolina, Florida and Pennsylvania State Bars. Andrew is married to Holly and has two daughters: Spencer and Courtney. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Andrew A Strauss included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors Fellow, National Estate Planning Study Group Highest Ranking ("AV") by national ranking firm of Martindale-Hubbell North Carolina Super Lawyers, 2008 Top Rated Lawyer in Trust & Estates – American Lawyer and Martindale-Hubbell™, 2016 - Present Other Sources of Feedback About Andrew A. Strauss Included on the 2026North Carolina Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2025 North Carolina Super Lawyers list 2024 North Carolina Super Lawyers list 2023 North Carolina Super Lawyers list 2022 North Carolina Super Lawyers list 2021 North Carolina Super Lawyers list 2020 North Carolina Super Lawyers list 2013 North Carolina Super Lawyers list 2012 North Carolina Super Lawyers list 2011 North Carolina Super Lawyers list 2010 North Carolina Super Lawyers list 2009 North Carolina Super Lawyers list 2008 North Carolina Super Lawyers list

• Managing Shareholder

• 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

• 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.

• 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

• 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

• 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