Andrew C. Clifford
Partner
336-574-2788
Andrew Clifford is regarded as one of the top DWI lawyers and criminal defense lawyers in the Triad.
Andrew has handled thousands of DWIs, as a former prosecutor and as a defense attorney. In 2022 Andrew won dozens of DWI cases, getting Not Guilty or Dismissal on 5 in a single week at one point in 2022. Andrew is a FIERCE litigator who has absolutely no fear of taking a case to trial.
Andrew is respected by the judges and the district attorney’s office for his abilities in the courtroom. Andrew has won hundreds of district court trials, won numerous jury trials in Superior Court and is locally known as one the best traffic lawyers to help represent individuals facing DMV Hearings. When you hire Andrew you know you are in experienced hands and you have someone who will never be scared to take the case to trial if necessary.
For legal assistance, please call toll free 336-574-2788 or use our convenient contact us form.
Areas of Practice
- 50Bs & 50Cs (Restraining Orders)
- Assault and battery
- Burglary
- Civil drug forfeiture
- Controlled substances law
- Criminal defense
- Criminal fraud
- Criminal investigation
- Criminal prosecution
- Driver’s license suspension
- Driving while intoxicated
- Drug crimes
- Drug forfeiture
- Drug trafficking
- Drugs and narcotics
- Extortion
- Felonies
- Forgery
- Homicide
- Juvenile criminal law
- Mail fraud
- Misdemeanors
- Parole and probation
- Search and seizure
- Sex crimes
- Sexual assault
- Theft
- Traffic violations
- Weapons charges
- Wire fraud
Professional Associations
- Greensboro Criminal Defense Attorneys Association
- President-Elect for 2024
- Greensboro Bar Association
- Member, Young Lawyers Section —2004 – present
- 18th Judicial District
- North Carolina Bar Association
- Member, Criminal Law Section — 2006 – present
- American Bar Association
- Member, Criminal Justice Section
- North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers
- Member, Criminal Justice Section — 2006
- Guilford Inns of Court
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Biography
- Partner at Clifford & Harris, PLLC – 2018-present
- Clifford Clendenin & O’Hale, LLP – 2005-2017
- Assistant District Attorney, 18th Judicial District — 2004– 2005
- Born in Greensboro, North Carolina, January 20, 1977
BAR ADMISSIONS
- 2004, North Carolina
- Admitted into the US District Courts for the Middle District and Western District of North Carolina
EDUCATION
- North Carolina Central University, J.D., 2004
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, B.A., 1999
PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION
- Business NC Legal Elite, 2023
- Business NC Legal Elite, 2022
- Business NC Legal Elite, 2021
- Business NC Legal Elite, 2020
- Business NC Legal Elite, 2018
- Super Lawyers, Rising Star, 2017
- Business NC Legal Elite, 2017
- Super Lawyers, Rising Star, 2016
- Business NC Legal Elite, 2016
- Super Lawyers, Rising Star, 2015
- Business NC Legal Elite, 2015
- Business NC Legal Elite, 2014
- The National Trial Lawyers, Top 100 Trial Lawyers, 2012