Profile
Andrew (Andy) Hutton is the founding partner of the personal injury litigation law firm of Hutton & Hutton, LLC, in Wichita, Kansas. Mr. Hutton is licensed to practice law in Kansas and Missouri. His major appointments include plaintiff counsel by the federal court in personal injury claims of national significance, including Temporomandibular Joint Litigation, MDL 1001; Ford Motor Company vehicle paint litigation, MDL 1063; and diet drugs products litigation, MDL 1203. Hutton & Hutton, LLC, is currently a member of the Castano Plaintiffs’ Litigation Committee, which places Andy in a unique position to remain active in tobacco litigation nationwide. He is certified in Civil Trial Advocacy by the American Board of Trial Advocates.
Andy has received several selections to the prestigious list of Best Lawyers in America, most recently in 2010. He has been selected by his professional colleagues throughout Missouri and Kansas to be listed among Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers five consecutive years, 2005 through 2009. Andy received his Bachelor of Business Arts degree from Washburn University in Topeka, magna cum laude in 1976. He received his Juris Doctor degree from Washburn University School of Law in 1979.
About Andrew Hutton
Law School: Washburn University School of Law
Admitted: 1979, Kansas
Professional Webpage: www.huttonlaw.com/attorneys/andrew.asp
Honors and Awards:
- Andy is active in the tobacco litigation due to the firm's membership in the Castano Plaintiffs' Litigation Committee, a nationwide consortium of law firms committed to conducting litigation against the tobacco industry.
- Andy's experience and expertise has led to his appointment as plaintiffs' counsel by the federal courts in In re: Temporomandibular Joint Litigation, MDL 1001; In re: Ford Motor Company Vehicle Paint Litigation, MDL 1063 and In re: Diet Drugs Products Liability Litigation, MDL 1203.
- Andy's peers have chosen him as one of the Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers for the years 2005 through 2009.
- Since 2003, Andy has been selected as one of The Best Lawyers in America, most recently for 2010.
- Finalist, Trial Lawyer of the Year Award from the Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, 1988
Special Licenses/Certifications:
- Civil Trial Advocacy by the American Board of Trial Advocates
Bar/Professional Activity:
- Kansas Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Claims
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Federal Claims
- U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit
- U.S. District Court District of Kansas, 1979
- Kansas, 1979
Scholarly Lectures and Writings:
- Andrew W. Hutton & Liz Dudley. "A Chronology of the Fen-Phen Disaster and MDL Litigation Update," Vol. 22, No. 4, March 1999, Journal of the Kansas Trial Lawyers Association.
- Andrew W. Hutton & Gerald Michaud. "Delayed Diagnosis of Breast Cancer," Vol. 5, No. 2, Journal of the Kansas Trial Lawyers Association.
- Andrew W. Hutton & Mark B. Hutton. "Smokeless Tobacco: An Unrecognized Health Problem," Vol. 27, No. 7, Sept. 1997, Consumer Attorneys of California Forum.
- Andrew W. Hutton & Mark B. Hutton. "Smokeless Tobacco: An Unrecognized Health Problem," Vol. 20, No. 5, May 1997, Kansas Trial Lawyers Association Journal.
- Andrew W. Hutton & Mark B. Hutton. "Smokeless Tobacco: An Unrecognized Health Problem," Vol. 28, No. 2, 2nd Qtr 1997, The Advocate -- The Journal of the Oklahoma Trial Lawyers Association.
- Andrew W. Hutton & Mark B. Hutton. "A Paradox -- The Kansas Collateral Source Rule," Vol. 2, No. 3, Journal of the Kansas Trial Lawyers Association.
- Andrew W. Hutton. "Substantial Possibility - A Doctrine of Causation," Vol. 3, No. 2, Journal of the Kansas Trial Lawyers.
- Andrew W. Hutton. "Medical Malpractice Screening Panel Brief: Failure to Diagnose Appendicitis," Vol. 5, No. 4, Journal of the Kansas Trial Lawyers Association.
Educational Background:
- Washburn University, Topeka, KS B.A. in Business Arts, Magna Cum Laude, 1976
profile
