Andrew T. Citrin, founder of Citrin Law Firm
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Contact InformationAndy has been involved in many car and truck accident, product liability, and medical malpractice cases that have resulted in substantial verdicts and settlements. Andy has been selected to the Alabama Super Lawyers 2009, the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, and is Board Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate. In addition, the firm has been named on the Bar Register of Preeminent Law Firms by Martindale-Hubbell for 10 years running. Andy concentrates his practice on those killed or seriously injured as a result of the foreseeable wrongful conduct of others.
In addition to his experience as a trial attorney, Andy has vast experience as an appellate attorney in civil cases, having been lead appellate counsel on more than 70 reported appellate decisions in the State of Alabama and elsewhere. From 1991 to 1998 Andy served on the Alabama Pattern Jury Instruction, a position which required appointment by the Alabama Supreme Court.
Andy is married to the former Patsy Jeanne Little of Mobile, Alabama, and they have four children: Sarah Elizabeth Souther Citrin, (16); Katherine Ruhyer Citrin (14); Andrew T. Citrin, Jr. (11); and Patsy Jeanne Little Citrin (8). The Citrins attend the Church of the Apostles in Daphne, Alabama. Andy has served as a teacher for the Crown Ministries financial course. Andy is a charter member of the Atticus Finch Society, a lawyer-funded endowment which supports the Alabama Law Foundation, a charitable, tax-exempt organization which provides justice for the poor.
Andy obtained his Juris Doctorate degree from the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University in 1986, graduating 7th in his class, cum laude, and receiving the distinguished Curia Honoris award from the faculty of the law school. At Cumberland, Andy served as the Articles Editor for the American Journals of Trial Advocacy and received numerous "book awards" for the highest grade on the final exams of several core subjects. Before Cumberland, Andy attended Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana, where he served as President of the Sigma Chapter of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity. Andy attended high school in Boca Raton, Florida, at St. Andrews Episcopal College Preparatory School from 1975-1979. Andy grew up in Hollywood, Florida, the fifth of six children to Dr. Yale and Georgia Lee Souther Citrin.