Andy, a 1988 finalist for the Trial Lawyer of the Year Award from the Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, is involved in pharmaceutical products liability litigation, medical malpractice suits and class action litigation. Since 2003, Andy has been selected as one of The Best Lawyers in America, most recently for 2010. Andy's peers have chosen him as one of the Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers for the years 2005 through 2009. 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.   In addition, 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 is certified in Civil Trial Advocacy by the American Board of Trial Advocates. 

Court Admissions:  United States Supreme Court, United States Courts of Appeal for Tenth Circuit and Federal Circuit, United States Court of Claims, United States District Courts for the District of Kansas and the Kansas Supreme Court. 

Associations:  Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, American Board of Trial Advocates, National Board of Trial Advocates, Kansas Trial Lawyers Association (Vice President of Membership, Board of Governors), Kansas Bar Association and Wichita Bar Association.

Author:

• Andrew W. Hutton. "Medical Malpractice Screening Panel Brief: Failure to Diagnose Appendicitis," Vol. 5, No. 4, 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 & Mark B. Hutton. "A Paradox -- The Kansas Collateral Source Rule," Vol. 2, No. 3, Journal of the Kansas Trial Lawyers Association.

• 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. "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. 27, No. 7, Sept. 1997, Consumer Attorneys of California Forum.

• Andrew W. Hutton & Gerald Michaud. "Delayed Diagnosis of Breast Cancer," Vol. 5, No. 2, Journal of the Kansas Trial Lawyers Association.

• 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.