Andrew M. Cranston

Andrew M. Cranston is an associate at Dinsmore & Shohl LLP in Morgantown, West Virginia. He focuses on private client and family wealth planning, including asset protection, probate, estate and trust administration, and business organization. His work also includes corporate and transactional matters for profit and nonprofit entities. He assists clients in understanding how legal documents and business structures affect their assets and long-term plans.

Cranston earned a J.D. from West Virginia University in 2021, an M.B.A. from the same university in 2021, and a B.S.B.A., summa cum laude, in 2018. During his final year at the West Virginia University College of Law, he worked as a student attorney in the Taxpayer Advocacy Clinic. There he assisted low-income clients with state and federal income tax controversies.

His practice includes counseling individuals about how to structure their estate plans, administer trusts and estates, and address probate responsibilities. Cranston also advises on the formation and organization of businesses, including nonprofit entities, and on transactional matters. His earlier tax clinic experience adds a background in responding to tax disagreements and the procedural issues that can affect financial and estate-related planning.

Andrew M. Cranston is admitted to practice in West Virginia and before the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia. His legal and business education supports a planning-oriented practice that connects personal wealth concerns with organizational and transactional needs. He helps individuals and organizations evaluate available structures, administrative obligations, and steps for carrying out longer-term legal and financial objectives.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
• Member, The West Virginia State Bar

Licensed State

• West Virginia

Education

• West Virginia University
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• West Virginia University
  Master of Business Administration (MBA)
• West Virginia University
  Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) (Summa Cum Laude)

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