Andrew "Andy" Schuh was born in Mount Vernon and lived there until he graduated from high school and left to earn a bachelor’s degree from the University of Southern California in 1993. He went on to earn his Juris Doctorate from the University of Arizona in 1996. He currently has a law practice in his home town, Mount Vernon, after having practiced law in Southern California for 20 years. He is admitted to practice in Washington State, California and the District of Columbia.
Andy started out his career at a medical malpractice defense firm in Los Angeles. Thereafter, Andrew worked at Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard and Smith, one of the largest firms in the country. He continued to defend medical malpractice cases at that time, while broadening his practice areas to include most any type of civil litigation and estate planning. Andy was later recruited to the Legal Department of Sun Healthcare Group, Inc. (Sun), which was located in Irvine, California.
Sun was a publicly traded, diversified healthcare company with nationwide operations, over 30,000 employees and annual revenue of approximately $2 billion. Initially, Andy worked for Sun as Corporate Counsel for Litigation. In that capacity, Andy managed healthcare litigation in a 13-state territory. After two years, he was promoted to Assistant General Counsel (AGC). As AGC, Andy managed all litigation nationwide for the company and its subsidiaries and also added regulatory, compliance, employment law and human resource departments to his responsibilities. In addition, he became an advisor to senior management and the board of directors on all matters.
After 9 years of service to Sun, the company was acquired by Genesis Healthcare, LLC. and Andy's position was relocated to Kennet Square, PA. He and his family eventually made the decision to move back to the Pacific Northwest , specifically to Mount Vernon, to be closer to his family and the home base of the family business, Schuh Family Farms.
Since 2016, Andy has offered legal services across the State of Washington and in California in his areas of expertise: estate planning, probate, litigation, healthcare, and agri-business. Andy is the immediate past President of the Skagit County Bar Association and is a board member for Skagit Legal Aid, Skagit Valley Tulip Festival, Skagit County Law Library, Western Washington Agricultural Association, Mount Vernon Public Schools Foundation, and St. Paul's Episcopal Church. In his free time, Andy enjoys spending time with his wife Bonnie and their English Bulldog Vivian; visiting their adult children who live in Bethune, France and Southern California; skiing at Mount Baker in the winter; and traveling the beautiful San Juan Islands in the summer.
Work Experiences Principal - Law Offices of Andrew C. Schuh, PLLC : 2016 - Present Managing Counsel - Layfield & Barrett : 2015 - 2016 Managing Partner (California)- Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, PA. : 2013 - 2015 Assistant General Counsel - Sun Healthcare Group, INC : 2007 - 2013 Corporate Counsel for Litigation - Sun Healthcare Group, INC : 2005 - 2007 Senior Litigation Associate - Fonda & Fraser : 2003 - 2005 Litigation Associate - Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith : 2001 - 2003 Litigation Associate - O’Flaherty, Cross, Martinez & Ovando. : 1996 - 2001
