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Andrew D. Gowdown practices in the areas of business and commercial litigation, securities litigation, medical malpractice, and education law. He has been admitted to practice in South Carolina, the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina and the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. He is a member of the Charleston County Bar Association, the South Carolina Bar and the American Bar Association. Mr. Gowdown received his Bachelors of Science degree in Business Administration from Miami University and earned his law degree from the University of Dayton School of Law.
Personal Information
Andrew D. Gowdown was born in Dayton, Ohio, on May 17, 1973.
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Background
Mr. Gowdown completed his undergraduate studies at Miami
University in Oxford, Ohio, where he received a bachelor of
science degree in Business Administration in 1995. He earned
his juris doctor degree from the University of Dayton School
of Law in Dayton, Ohio, in 1998.
During his law school studies, Mr. Gowdown served as the
Editor in Chief of the University of Dayton Law Review and
authored the article entitled, "The Noneconomic Damages
Cap of Ohio Revised Code Section 2744.05(c)(1): Legislative
Usurpation of the Constitutional Right to Trial by Jury," 22 U.
Dayton L. Rev. 283 (1997). He also was an active member of
the law school's Student Ambassador Program.
Mr. Gowdown is admitted to practice in the State of South
Carolina, the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, and the United States Court of Appeals for
the Fourth Circuit. He is a member of the Charleston County
Bar Association, the South Carolina Bar, the American Bar
Association, the Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association,
the American Association for Justice, and the South Carolina
Association for Justice. Mr. Gowdown serves on the Editorial
Board of the South Carolina Lawyer publication, he is a
member of the Executive Committee of the Charleston
County Bar Association, and he is the Chairman of the Young
Lawyers Group of the International Society of Primerus Law
Firms. He also volunteers twice a week through the
Charleston Book Buddies Program, which is affiliated with
Charleston Volunteers for Literacy. Mr. Gowdown is a 2004
graduate of Leadership Charleston and a 2010 graduate of
Leadership South Carolina.
Before joining the firm, Mr. Gowdown served as a judicial law
clerk to the Honorable Margaret B. Seymour, United States
District Court for the District of South Carolina. He practices
in the areas of personal injury, brain injury, business and
commercial litigation, securities litigation, and medical
malpractice.
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