About Andre L.
Andre L. Pennington began his legal path in Southern California. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Criminal Justice from California State University, Fullerton and later completed his Juris Doctor at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles. Those academic selections framed an early curiosity in felony justice and public service.
He entered practice in Colorado as a deputy state public defender in 2006. That front-line trial work exposed him to heavy caseloads and courtroom process. A few years later he joined the U.S. Air Force JAG Corps as a military lawyer, the place he handled matters that ranged from army justice to administrative law. He persisted that connection to the armed services by becoming a member of the U.S. Air Force Reserve JAG Corps as a reserve army lawyer and has held the rank of major since 2011.
In 2011 he moved into federal practice as an assistant federal defender within the District of Arizona. That role concerned federal criminal defense and complex pretrial legal proceedings. He has additionally served within the civil legal system as a judge pro tem for Maricopa County Justice Courts in 2015, filling an intermittent magistrate judge role and presiding over lower-courtroom matters.
Pennington founded Pennington Law in 2016 and serves as the firm's proprietor. The workplace is prepared as an expert limited liability company and lists property planning as a principal region of practice. He is likewise a commissioned notary public in Arizona. His admission and practice prolong to more than one jurisdictions, which includes the courts of Colorado and Arizona and appellate venues tied to the army, such because the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces and the Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals.
Outside the court he has mixed legal practice with nonprofit work on children's problems. Since 2017 he has been chief legal officer and a director for Arizona's Children Coalition. Earlier involvement includes board and club roles with the Agape Adoption Agency, the Arizona Children’s Foundation and the Arizona Group Home Coalition, in addition to memberships within the American Bar Association, the El Paso County Bar Association and the Colorado Bar Association. He additionally hung out connected to Loyola Law School’s Center for Juvenile Law & Policy during his law program years.
He maintains an active practice thru Pennington Law, PLLC, where his recent work facilities on estate planning and associated legal matters.
