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Andrew focuses his practice on assisting individuals with wealth planning. Specifically, he counsels clients on asset protection planning, probate, estate and trust administration, profit and nonprofit business formation and organization, and corporate and transactional matters. Andrew received his J.D. from the West Virginia University College of Law. During his third year of law school, he worked in the College of Law\u2019s Taxpayer Advocacy Clinic as a student attorney, where he provided services to low income clients in resolving income tax controversies at both the state and federal level.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Andrew focuses his practice on assisting individuals with wealth planning. Specifically, he counsels clients on asset protection planning, probate, estate and trust administration, profit and nonprofit business formation and organization, and corporate and transactional matters. Andrew received his J.D. from the West Virginia University College of Law. During his third year of law school, he\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":58367,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3169","people","type-people","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nAndrew M. Cranston - Dinsmore & Shohl<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Andrew M. 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