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My practice focuses on immigration law. I am passionate about assiting families and employees in gaining immigration status, asylum seekers avoiding persecution and children reuniting with families.. I became interested in immigration law as a participant in the University of Louisville Immigration Law Clinic. This experience enabled me to win the New York University Law School’s Immigration Moot Court Competition. More recently, I spent several months in Central America working with the Human Rights Commission of Belize, studying Spanish and traveling widely throughout the region. Through these experiences I committed myself to assisting individuals in navigating the complex immigration system.. While in law school I won the Pirtle-Washer Oral Advocacy Competition and competed in the National Moot Court Competition at the Fourth Circuit Federal Court of Appeals. As a Marshall-Brennan Fellow I taught a civil liberties course for high school seniors. I also served as an IOLTA Fellow, President of the International Law Society, published editor of the Journal of Law and Education and I received the Robert C. Jayes Memorial Award for Humanitarian and Civic Involvement.. I practiced criminal defense for nearly three years before focusing exclusively on immigration law. I litigated numerous misdemeanors and felonies including several homicides and achieved multiple acquittals through jury verdict. I received the Walker Award for excellence in a felony jury trial where the client faced up to life in prison if convicted.

Andy is a Kentucky native who has lived in Louisville for nearly twenty years. He grew up in Bowling Green, attending Bowling Green High School. After high school, Andy attended the University of Rochester, in Rochester, NY, where he majored in Spanish and History. Mr. Downey attended the Louis D. Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville.. After law school, Andy remained in Louisville and began focusing his work within the Latino community. Primarily working on personal injury cases at the beginning of his career, as time went on, Andy began concentrating on cases closer to his heart. Now, Mr. Downey works primarily in the areas of immigration and criminal matters.. In his free time, Andy enjoys volunteering with the University of Louisville, cooking and spending time with his family.