Andrew Bowen

In April 2026, Andrew served as co-counsel in Hencely v. Fluor Corp., 608 U.S. ____ (2026), a landmark United States Supreme Court decision holding that state-law tort claims against military contractors are not preempted when the contractor acts outside government authorization. The 6-3 ruling, authored by Justice Thomas, vacated the Fourth Circuit and reinstated the claims of a U.S. Army veteran wounded at Bagram Airfield – establishing a generational precedent for accountability against federal contractors. Bowen Painter Injury Lawyers also secured a $21.3 million jury verdict in Pope-Morgan v. Chen (Los Angeles County Superior Court), recognized by Courtroom View Network as the No. 7 Most Impressive Plaintiff Verdict of 2025.

Andrew is a member of the Bars of Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina, and is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals of Georgia, and the federal district courts in Georgia and South Carolina. He has been perennially selected to Super Lawyers and is a member of the AAJ Leaders Forum and Injury Board. He co-hosts Just for Y’all, a podcast featuring conversations with trial lawyers on plaintiff’s practice, trial craft, and war stories from the courtroom. He is a past President of the Savannah Trial Lawyers Association and previously served as Vice-Chairman of the Automobile Law Committee of the American Bar Association’s Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section (TIPS), as President of the Washington and Lee University Alumni Chapter for Savannah, and on the Administrative Board of Skidaway Island United Methodist Church. He currently serves on the Board of Selectmen of the Historic Midway Church.

Andrew earned his J.D. from Mercer University’s Walter F. George School of Law and his B.A. from Washington and Lee University. He and his wife, Melissa Safrit Bowen, live in Savannah with their two children.