OverviewAndrew Schrack focuses his practice on commercial litigation and construction disputes. He is licensed to practice law in Tennessee and in Arkansas.
Andrew represents clients in a variety of commercial disputes, including breaches of contract, shareholder disputes, commercial evictions, and complex commercial disputes. He also counsels construction owners, contractors, and subcontractors in payment disputes, mechanics’ liens, construction defects, bond claims, construction arbitrations, construction mediations, contractor licensing issues, and construction contract drafting.
Andrew is a Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 31 Listed General Civil Mediator and has experience mediating cases involving contract disputes and real property disputes. Experience
- Construction
- Enforced a general contractor’s mechanics’ lien of over $100,000 for work completed at an apartment complex.
- Represented national construction equipment supplier in enforcing mechanics’ liens in multiple federal jurisdictions.
- Advised construction companies on Tennessee contractor license requirements.
- Drafted construction contracts for owners, general contractors, and subcontractors.
- Represented landowners before the Memphis and Shelby County Board of Adjustments and the Land Use Control Board regarding neighboring landowners’ zoning applications.
- Successfully nominated a property to the Arkansas Register of Historic Places based on the criteria of local architectural significance and local historical significance.
- Commercial
- Conducted internal investigation on behalf of nonprofit organization following defamatory allegations on social media.
- Defended national company as part of arbitration team against a $9 million claim for alleged breaches of an exclusivity agreement.
- Conducted rapid response on-site investigation of trucking accident in rural West Tennessee.
- Represented real estate investment company in recovering defrauded funds and obtained eleven temporary restraining orders regarding the funds and the real estate in Shelby County Chancery Court.
- Obtained a writ of possession for personal property valued at over $500,000 in a contested possessory trial in Shelby County Circuit Court.
Distinctions
- Graduate, International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC) Trial Academy, Stanford Law School, 2024
- Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 31 Listed General Civil Mediator, 2023
- Eagle Scout
Bar Admissions
- Tennessee, 2019
- Arkansas, 2020
- U.S. District Courts
- Tennessee: Eastern, Middle, Western
- Arkansas: Western, Eastern
- Maryland: District of Maryland
- U.S. Court of Appeals
Education
- University of Tennessee College of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 2019
- Concentration in Advocacy & Dispute Resolution
- Editor in Chief, Tennessee Journal of Law and Policy
- The Order of Barristers
- Vice Chair, Moot Court Executive Board
- Louis C. Woolf Trial Advocacy Scholarship
- Jerry P. Black, Jr. Student Clinic Attorney Award (Mediation)
- National Trial Team
- First Place, National Native American Law Students Association 15th Annual Writing Competition
- Second Place Best Spoken Advocate, National Native American Law Students Association 27th Annual Moot Court Competition
- Second Place Best Advocate, Phi Alpha Delta National Mock Trial Competition
- University of Memphis, B.A., Political Science, magna cum laude, 2015
- Honors in Political Science
- Internship, Honorable Julia S. Gibbons, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 2018
- Externship, Honorable D. Kelly Thomas, Jr., Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals, 2018
Associations
- Tennessee Bar Association
- Memphis Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- Forum on Construction Law
- Young Lawyers Division
- Associate Editor, TYL Magazine, 2020-2021
- Associate Judge, Awards and Subgrants Team, 2020-2021
- Arkansas Bar Association
Papers, Presentations & Publications
- Presenter, “Mechanics’ Liens: The Basics and the Pitfalls,” Tennessee Bar Association, January 26, 2024.
- Presenter, “Mechanics’ Liens: Back to the Basics,” Tennessee Bar Association, December 2, 2022.
- Presenter, “Legislative Updates in Tennessee Construction Law,” Half Moon Seminars, Memphis, Tenn., October 2020.
- Author, “Five (5) Reasons to Stop Writing Numbers Like This,” ACC TN Q2 Newsletter, June 2020.
- Author, “Deadlines for construction-based mechanics’ liens in Tennessee,” Memphis Business Journal, May 26, 2020.
- Guest, “Boy Scouts in Memphis,” Our Memphis History Podcast, July 8, 2019
- Author, “The Shifting Landscape of Ancestral Lands: Tribal Gathering of Traditional Plants in National Parks,” 9 Ariz. J. Envtl. L. & Pol’y 1, 2018.
Civic Involvement
- Memphis Heritage, Inc. (historic architecture preservation)
- Board of Directors, 2024–present
- Chickasaw Council, Boy Scouts of America
- Executive Board, 2012–2014, 2021–present
- Memphis Scottish Rite Foundation
- Board of Trustees, 2022–present
- Kia Kima Alumni Association
- President, 2014–2017
- Board of Directors, 2014–2022
- New Memphis Institute, Embark, 2020
- AmeriCorps Member, Arizona Conservation Corps, 2015
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