For nearly thirty years, Andrew Hodgkin has been practicing law in New England, advising clients on a wide range of public, private and nonprofit matters.
Presently, Mr. Hodgkin serves as Chief of Staff for Rhode Island Governor, Donald L. Carcieri. In that capacity, he has primary responsibility for advancing the Governor’s agenda, which is focused on economic revitalization, education, renewable energy and good government.
Mr. Hodgkin's private practice of law, now suspended until the end of the Governor’s term, includes a concentration on federal and state government regulation, particularly with respect to the financial services industry.
Before opening his own firm in 2007, Andy also served from 2003 through August of 2007 as the Governor’s Chief Legal Counsel. In that capacity, Andy advised the Governor on legislation, litigation, judicial appointments and other major matters affecting state government. Prior to his public service, Andy was a partner for over ten years in the Banking, Finance and Corporate practice groups of the Boston law firm of Brown Rudnick LLP, where he co-founded the Providence office.
In addition to his federal and state bank regulatory practice, Andy represented the Rhode Island State Investment Commission and was counsel to the State as receiver for failed financial institutions during the banking crisis of the early 1990s.Before joining Brown Rudnick, Mr. Hodgkin served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel to a federal savings bank in Providence, Rhode Island, and its mortgage subsidiary in Seattle, Washington. The bank also acquired banking operations in North Carolina, Washington and California during Mr. Hodgkin’s tenure.
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- Bryant University - Adjunct Professor - Law of Financial Institutions
- Director and Vice Chair - The Providence Plan (a city-state partnership)
- Rhode Island Bar Association - Dorothy Lohman Community Service Award of 2000
- Leadership Rhode Island - 1992 Class
- Securitization: Asset-Backed and Mortgage-Backed Securities (Lexis/Nexis) - Contributing Author
- Volunteer Center of Rhode Island, former President of the Board
- YearUp, Student Mentor
- Served on various Barrington town committees, including Tax Review and Land Use Planning
Mr. Hodgkin is the father of two children, Mark and Leanda, and has been married to his wife, Virginia, for 29 years. They reside in Barrington, Rhode Island.
