Andy Blevins is a Washington, DC–based attorney, advocate, and legislative expert with more than 13 years of experience spanning the federal government, nonprofit leadership, and national advocacy organizations. He has served in legal and policy roles at the U.S. Departments of Veterans Affairs, Labor, and the Interior, and within the Obama–Biden White House.
Andy is licensed to practice law before the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, the State of Maryland, and the District of Columbia, and has worked on amicus briefs before the U.S. Supreme Court in landmark cases including Bostock v. Clayton County, 590 U.S. 644 (2020); Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, 584 U.S. 617 (2018); Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. 644 (2015); and before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, including Fulcher v. Secretary of Veterans Affairs, No. 2017-1460 (Fed. Cir.).
Andy’s commitment to justice is rooted in both professional and personal experience. He chose to pursue a legal career after a close family member became entangled in the justice system due to an untreated mental health condition, an experience that informed his law school thesis, Oppression, Stigma, Bias, and Incarceration: The Criminalization of Severe Mental Disorders. During a law school clerkship, Andy broadened this focus to veterans’ advocacy, assisting former service members in correcting unjust or erroneous discharges so they could regain access to earned benefits and services.
A Navy veteran, Andy served as a cryptologic technician and concluded his military career in Guam as the Assistant Information Assurance Officer for the Western Pacific and Indian Oceans. He is also an Army spouse; his spouse served as an Airborne medic and later attended the United States Military Academy at West Point.
Andy holds a bachelor’s degree in Writing from the University of Colorado, as well as an MBA and JD from Willamette University. He is currently on an academic break from a PhD program in political science at George Mason University, where his research focuses on third-party governance, societal engagement, and the boundaries of governmental power.
A nationally recognized leader, Andy has served as both Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operations Officer of two national veteran service organizations and has ghostwritten or personally delivered testimony before the U.S. Congress more than fifty times. His work has earned numerous honors, including the President’s Lifetime Achievement Award from the White House, recognition as one of the National LGBTQ+ Bar Association’s 40 Best LGBTQ+ Lawyers Under 40, and joint legislative commendations from the State of New Jersey and Guam.
Outside of his professional work, Andy remains deeply engaged in prison reform efforts and the development of alternative justice pathways for veterans living with mental health conditions. His proudest achievement to date remains singing Frozen’s “Let It Go” alongside the Chief Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court.
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