Kay Andrews
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Kay Andrews is Partner-in-Charge of the Austin, Texas office of Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young LLP.
Kay represents business clients in all types of high-risk litigation, including mass tort litigation, asbestos defense and product liability. Her litigation experience includes first-chair trial experience, managing mass tort litigation, and successfully arguing significant summary judgment motions. She has had decades of experience litigating cases involving alleged exposure to benzene, butadiene, asbestos, silicone breast implants, PCBs, welding rods, and radiation. Kay has served as national and regional counsel for large corporate clients. She regularly counsels clients regarding settlement and trial strategies in mass tort litigation.
Kay has testified as a resource in Senate and House Committees in the Texas legislature on tort reform issues and serves on the liaison committee in the Texas Asbestos Multi-District Litigation Court.
Professional affiliations
- Liaison Committee Member, Texas Asbestos MDL
- Defense Research Institute (DRI)
- Texas Association of Defense Counsel (Trial Academy Faculty Member, 2007)
- Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation
- College of State Bar of Texas
- Member, State Bar of Texas Standing Committee for Pattern Jury Charges on Malpractice, Premises & Products
- Long Center Women’s Leadership Council
- State Bar of Texas
- Oklahoma Bar Association
Community involvement
- Diocesan Law Project
- Hospice Austin
Honors
- Martindale-Hubbell AV Rated
- Best Lawyers in America, Product Liability Litigation (2013)
- Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine (2008-2010)
Presentations
"Borg-Warner v. Flores: New Causation Standards in Asbestos and Chemical Cases in Texas," Harris-Martin Publishing Teleconference (July 17, 2007)
"Co-Chair," Harris-Martin Publishing Seminar, Texas Asbestos & Silica Litigation Conference (March 28, 2007)
"Co-Chair," Harris-Martin Publishing Seminar, Texas Asbestos & Silica Litigation Conference (October 12, 2007)
Articles and publications
Practice areas
Education
J.D., with honors, University of Texas School of Law (1984)
B.A., with honors, University of Notre Dame (1977)
Bar admissions
Courts
- United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
- United States District Court for the Western, Eastern, Southern and Northern Districts of Texas