BIO

Andrew M. Wright is an attorney in the Morgantown, West Virginia office of Jackson Kelly PLLC. His practice includes general civil and criminal litigation with a focus on white collar criminal defense.

Mr. Wright began his legal career as Assistant Counsel to Vice President Albert Gore, Jr. in the White House, where he served as an attorney on the White House Investigations Team and sat on the White House Immigration and Tort Reform Policy Working Groups. In 2001, Mr. Wright served as Counsel to the Former Vice President, representing the Gore Transition Office in legal matters related to winding up the affairs of the Vice Presidency. Prior to joining Jackson Kelly, Mr. Wright practiced civil litigation and criminal defense law in the Washington, D.C. office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP in its government enforcement litigation section. Mr. Wright is admitted to practice in the state courts of West Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia. In federal practice, Mr. Wright is admitted to practice in the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, as well as the United States District Courts for the District of Columbia, the Northern District of West Virginia, aand the Southern District of West Virginia. Mr. Wright has served on the adjunct faculty of the West Virginia University ("WVU") College of Law since 2004, where he teaches courses in Presidential Powers and Federal Criminal Law. He was named "Adjunct Professor of the Year" for the 2004-2005 academic year.

Prior to obtaining his law degree, Mr. Wright held a number of political jobs, including stints in the White House Office of National Service, the Office of Chief of Staff to the Vice President, Clinton/Gore 1996 Primary Committee, Inc., Gore 2000 Primary Committee, Inc., the 1996 Oregon Democratic Coordinated Campaign, the Office of Oregon State Senator Susan Castillo, the Office of Oregon State Representative Barbara Ross, and Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber's Teen Pregnancy Prevention Task Force.

Mr. Wright graduated magna cum laude from Washington & Lee University in 1995 with a B.A. in politics. He received his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2000, where he was elected President of the Virginia Law Democrats and served on the editorial board of the Journal of Law & Politics. Mr. Wright is a Harry S. Truman Scholar and a member of the Phi Beta Kappa, Pi Sigma Alpha, and Phi Eta Sigma honor societies.

Mr. Wright grew up in Corvallis, Oregon. He lives in Morgantown with his wife, Caprice Roberts, who is an Associate Professor at WVU College of Law. She is a 1997 graduate of Washington & Lee University School of Law.