R. Andrew Hutchinson

Shareholder

Johnson City (Tri-Cities)
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Drew Hutchinson concentrates his practice in the areas of labor and employment law and commercial litigation.

Featured Experience

Obtained a favorable jury verdict for a Fortune 500 telecommunications company.

Obtained summary judgment and dismissal of all claims for a national retailer in age discrimination claim.

Obtained summary judgment and dismissal of all claims for a national restaurant chain in slip-and-fall personal injury case.

Professional Biography

Mr. Hutchinson concentrates his practice in the areas of labor and employment law and commercial litigation. He advises employers on a wide range of employment-related and general business topics and has experience in mediating, arbitrating and litigating claims based on the Civil Rights Acts, FMLA, ADA, ERISA and state-specific employment laws.

Additionally, Mr. Hutchinson has worked extensively with banks and special servicers in wide-ranging commercial mortgage-backed security matters including foreclosure, receiverships, defense of borrower litigation and guarantor recovery.

Obtained a favorable jury verdict for a Fortune 500 telecommunications company.
Successfully defended a communications company in a trip and fall case, resulting in the defendant paying damages equaling only 13 percent of the plaintiff's final demand.
Obtained summary judgment and dismissal of all claims for a national retailer in age discrimination claim.
Obtained summary judgment and dismissal of all claims for a national restaurant chain in slip-and-fall personal injury case.
Obtained dismissal of bad faith claims against a national insurer.
Represented a food manufacturing company in a lawsuit for breach of contract against another manufacturer. Successfully defended the company against multi-million dollar counterclaims for breach of contract, violation of state and federal trade secrets laws, and conversion, achieving a net award.
Won a federal defamation jury trial on behalf of a nonprofit against a media defendant.
Defended a carbon fiber manufacturing company in a lawsuit by the company's former CFO/COO alleging $9.5 million in damages for wrongful discharge and unpaid wages. The jury awarded the plaintiff only $100,000.

Member – American, Tennessee and Washington County Bar Associations
Member – Federal Practice Section Executive Council, Tennessee Bar Association
Adjunct Professor – "The Legal Environment of Business," East Tennessee State University
Adjunct Professor – "Employment Law for Managers," East Tennessee State University
Member – Capital Pro Bono High Honor Roll (2020, 2021)
Named a Mid-South Rising Star by Mid-South Super Lawyers (2014 − 2018)
Named "40 Under Forty," Tri-Cities Business Journal (2014)
Baker Donelson Associate of the Year (2014)
Recipient – Pro Bono Attorney of the Year, Legal Aid of East Tennessee (2014)
Recipient – Pro Bono Attorney of the Year, Legal Aid of East Tennessee (2013)
President Law and Technology Society, University of Memphis Chapter (2005 − 2006)
Intern to Chief Judge Jon P. McCalla, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee (2006)

"Vaccine Mandates: What Employers Need to Know," republished in Corporate Counsel Insights (August 2021)

Baker Donelson Announces 15 Newly-Elected Shareholders (May 20, 2020)

Drew Hutchinson Comments in Baltimore Business Journal on Potential Increase in Employer Vaccine Mandates (August 24, 2021)

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Education

University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphries School of Law, J.D., 2006
Millsaps College, B.S., 2001

Admissions

Tennessee, 2006
Washington, D.C., 2007
North Carolina, 2013
West Virginia, 2014
Virginia, 2018
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
U.S. District Court for the Middle, Eastern and Western Districts of North Carolina
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle, Eastern and Western Districts of North Carolina
U.S. District Court for the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia
U.S. District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western and Eastern Districts of Virginia
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth, Sixth and Tenth Circuits

Featured Media

Drew Hutchinson Comments in Baltimore Business Journal on Potential Increase in Employer Vaccine Mandates

News / August 24, 2021

Vaccine Mandates: What Employers Need to Know

Publication / August 23, 2021

Baker Donelson Announces 15 Newly-Elected Shareholders

Press Release / May 20, 2020

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