J. Carter Andersen

Carter Andersen focuses his practice on helping people achieve success and solve problems. Mr. Andersen has extensive experience handling complex civil litigation matters. He regularly handles business, commercial and contract disputes, real estate disputes, employment litigation, professional malpractice matters, and other litigation matters. Mr. Andersen has assisted numerous clients with business transactions, including commercial finance, secured lending, and mergers and acquisitions.  Mr. Andersen also has extensive experience in complex public financings within Florida and represents parties to bond validation lawsuits. Mr. Andersen is certified as a Mediator by the Florida Supreme Court and the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. Before joining Bush Ross, he practiced commercial litigation, antitrust litigation, and white-collar criminal defense with Jones Day in Washington, D.C.

Mr. Andersen was elected to serve on the Board of Governors of The Florida Bar, is a Past President of the Hillsborough County Bar Association and served for twelve years on the Judicial Nominating Commission for the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit of Florida (after being appointed three separate times by Florida Governors). Mr. Andersen is a member of Christ the King Catholic Church, has served as a volunteer at Academy Prep Center of Tampa, and served on the Board for Tampa Bay Little League. He also served as the President of the Christ the King Catholic School Dads Club from 2008 to 2010 and on the School Advisory Board for Christ the King Catholic School from 2012 to 2015.

The Florida Bar

• Board of Governors (June 2019 - Present)
• Florida Bar Thirteenth Judicial Circuit Grievance Committee (2012-2015)

Judicial Nominating Commission for the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit of Florida (2010-2022), Chair (2012-2013, 2020-2021)

Legatus of Tampa Bay,(2019-Present)

• President (2021 - 2022)
• Board of Directors (2021 - 2022)

University of Florida Law Center Association, Inc., Board of Trustees (2012-Present)

• Chair (2021 - 2022)

• Chair-Elect (2020 - 2021)
• Vice Chair (2019 - 2020)
• Secretary (2018 - 2019)

University of Florida Alumni Association, Board of Directors (2013-2019)

Hillsborough County Bar Association

• President (July 2015-June 2016)
• Board of Directors (2009-2017)
• Former Chair of the Mediators and Arbitrators Section
• Former Co-Chair of the Young Lawyer's Division Committee on Professionalism and Ethics

Clifford Cheatwood Inn of Court, Master (2016-present)

Federalist Society (2005-present)

Hillsborough County Bar Foundation, Board of Trustees (2010-2016)

University of Florida Law Alumni Council, (2004-2011) (Past President)

Leadership Florida, Class XXXIII (2014-2015)

Leadership Tampa, Class of 2006

Federal Bar Association

American Bar Association

Tampa Bay Inn Chapter of the American Inns of Court (2005-2008, Pupil, Barrister)

The District of Columbia Bar

Tampa Bay Catholic Lawyers Guild

Recognized in Best Lawyers in America® since 2010
   • Commercial Litigation

Florida's "Legal Elite" as named by Florida Trend Magazine (2011-2022)

Florida's "Up & Coming Legal Elite" as named by Florida Trend Magazine (2006-2009)

Recognized as a "Super Lawyer" by Florida Super Lawyers Magazine (2011-2024)

Named to Top 50 Lawyers in Tampa by Florida Super Lawyers Magazine (2013-2016, 2019-2020)

Named to Top 100 Lawyers in Florida by Florida Super Lawyers Magazine (2013-2016, 2019-2020)

"Rising Star" as named by Florida Super Lawyers Magazine (2008, 2009)

AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rated, by Martindale-Hubbell®

Outstanding Young Alumnus of the University of Florida Levin College of Law (2007)

Hillsborough County Bar Association's James M. "Red" McEwen Memorial Award (2014,2020)

Mr. Andersen was born in Gainesville, Florida and raised in Tampa, Florida and Alexandria, Virginia.

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