The shareholders of Foster Swift Collins & Smith in Lansing have elected Andrew “Andy” C. Vredenburg president of the firm effective Feb. 1.
Vredenburg joined Foster Swift in 2006 after serving eight years as general counsel to a large west Michigan demolition and environmental company. At Foster Swift, his practice involves handling business transactions and litigation for a variety of privately held businesses.
He often acts as a business owner’s general counsel and provides legal consultation on a variety of matters including contracts, mergers and acquisitions, real estate disputes and transactions, employment matters, covenants not to compete, and environmental issues.
Prior to the election, Vredenburg served three years on Foster Swift’s Executive Committee as the vice president of the Grand Rapids office and several years as a practice group leader with the firms commercial and general litigation practice groups.
Foster Swift shareholders also elected the following attorneys to the firm’s executive committee for 2026:
- Laura J. Genovich
- Anna K. Gibson
- Warren H. Krueger
- Ray H. Littleton
- Nicholas M. Oertel
