Andrew Beerworth

Andrew A. Beerworth Associate

Mr. Beerworth is a member of the civil litigation team at Paul Frank + Collins. He practices in the areas of general liability, workers' compensation and insurance defense litigation. Prior to joining PF+C, Mr. Beerworth worked as an associate at Morrison Mahoney LLP in Providence, Rhode Island, where he concentrated in insurance coverage, workers' compensation, professional liability, product liability, construction defect, and general liability litigation. Mr. Beerworth has also handled various personal injury cases on behalf of plaintiffs.

Mr. Beerworth is a 2004 graduate of the Roger Williams University School of Law and a 2000 graduate of the University of Vermont. He was a legal research assistant to the Distinguished Research Professor, Edward J. Eberle at Roger Williams University School of Law in 2003 and 2004. In that position, Mr. Beerworth edited drafts of law review articles and essays, conducted intensive research on issues of free speech, religious liberty, privacy rights and comparative international law. Mr. Beerworth is admitted to practice law in the State of Vermont, Rhode Island and Massachusetts.

Education: University of Vermont, B.A., Political Science/English Literature, 2000 - Awards and Achievements: 1999 Philo Sherman Bennett Prize for Best Essay in Political Theory, Pi Sigma Alpha National Political Science Honors Society, Political Science Honors Program; Roger Williams University School of Law, J.D. (cum laude), 2004 - Awards and Achievements: School of Law Honors Program, Dean's Law Achievement Award, Moot Court Board Honors Competition Finalist (2002), CALI awards (highest grade) in Constitutional Law, First Amendment, State Constitutions, Law & Literature, and International Trade Law.

Bar Admissions: State of Rhode Island, 2004; United States District Court, Rhode Island, 2005; Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 2005; State of Vermont, 2010

Professional Organizations: American Bar Association; Chittenden County Bar Association; Rhode Island Bar Assocation; Vermont Bar Association

Publications:

United States v. Stevens: A Proposal for Criminalizing Crush Videos Under Current Free Speech Doctrine, 35 Vermont Law Review 4 (2011)

Emerging Trends in Construction Indemnity and Insurance Law, 58 Rhode Island Bar Journal 17 (March/April 2010)

Work Product and Witness Statements: Revisiting the Categorical Approach, 56 Rhode Island Bar Journal 25 (2007)

Religion in the Marketplace: Establishments, Pluralisms, and the Doctrinal Eclipse of Free Exercise, 26 Thomas Jefferson Law Review 333 (2004)

Treating Spiritual and Legal Counselors Differently: Mandatory Reporting Law and the Limitations of Current Free Exercise Doctrine, 10 Roger Williams University Law Review 73 (2004)

Hobbies and Interests: Skiing, hiking, fishing, music, reading and spending time with family.