Andrew Hawkins

• Currently serves on the Executive Committee as Vice Chairman Membership Division
• Board of Directors 2008-2009
• Advisory Board  in 2006-2007
• Committee tri-chair in 2007-2008.
• Active with the Ambassadors Club

Education

• Graduated Summa Cum Laude from University of Texas at Dallas with a B.A. in Government and Politics. 
• Attended the Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law as a Hatton W. Sumner’s Scholar and Dean’s Scholar before graduating and receiving a Juris Doctorate degree in 2003.  

Career

• Worked for several years in the restaurant industry while attending college, culminating in a nine-year tenure running Nate’s Seafood and Steakhouse in Addison, Texas. 
• During and immediately after law school, worked in the litigation section of the law firm of Godwin Gruber, L.L.P. in Dallas, Texas. 
• Left Godwin Gruber to get trial experience defending multi-million dollar medical malpractice lawsuits at the law firm of Owen & Fazio, P.C. in Dallas, Texas.
• Founded the law firm of Graves & Hawkins, L.L.P. in 2006, a general civil practice with a focus on representing small-to-medium sized businesses and their owners in a variety of fields.