Andrew Brauer is proud to be a homegrown North Carolinian. After graduating from Cary High School, he enrolled at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Andrew then traveled northward to Yale Law School for legal training. After graduating from Yale Law School, Andrew joined a large, well-respected Washington law firm. While interning in the office of a prominent North Carolina State Representative, Andrew gained insight into the legislative process and immersed himself in state-level politics. Andrew also served as an appointed judicial law clerk to the esteemed Judge Leonard B. Sand of the Southern District of New York in Manhattan. During his clerkship, Andrew provided legal advice and counsel to this well seasoned United States district court judge; researched and drafted court decisions, internal legal memorandum, and jury instructions.