The North Carolina Bar Association, at its 2007 Annual Convention in Asheville, recognized a select group of attorneys to receive the inaugural Citizen Lawyer Award. Jeffrey A. Andrews, a principal in the law firm of Vernon, Vernon, Wooten, Brown, Andrews & Garrett, P.A., was among the two dozen attorneys from across the State recognized for their outstanding service to their communities.
Mr. Andrews has chosen to work with volunteer community service organizations in Alamance County throughout his thirty-year career as an attorney in Burlington and a member of the North Carolina Bar Association. His volunteer community involvement has included service as a Board Member and/or officer of such organizations as Hospice and Palliative Care of Alamance-Caswell, Alamance CARES, Alamance Community College Foundation, Ralph Scott Lifeservices, Alamance Citizens Against Drug Abuse, Suicide & Crisis Services and Outreach and Prevention Services. Mr. Andrews has a long-time affiliation with the Alamance County Area Chamber of Commerce having served as a director and the chairman of multiple committees. He has also served as a Loaned Executive with the United Way since the inception of that program, volunteered in various public education programs, served as co-chairman of the Chamber of Commerce Education Council, member for Alamance Partnership for education and is now active in the Alamance Citizens for Education as well as the School-to-Careers Partnership. Mr. Andrews has participated in the municipal government process by service as secretary and a member of the Alamance County Traffic Commission.
Jeffrey A. Andrews is licensed to practice law in North Carolina and the Commonwealth of Virginia and is a member of numerous national and state health law organizations including American Health Lawyers Association, North Carolina Society of Healthcare Attorneys and the Health Law Sections of the American Bar Association and the North Carolina Bar Association.