Andrew T. Heath grew up in Fort Wayne, Indiana where his mother was a schoolteacher, and his father was a trial court judge. He attended the University of North Carolina Asheville on an athletic scholarship and met his wife, Kristen, there. They both graduated from Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law. During law school, Heath worked for Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels in the office of general counsel. Heath practiced law in his wife’s hometown of Wilmington, North Carolina at an insurance defense law firm before moving to Raleigh to work for Governor Pat McCrory.

 In the McCrory administration, Heath served as the Chairman of the North Carolina Industrial Commission before joining the Governor’s senior leadership team as State Budget Director and head of OSBM. Heath later served for 6 years as a Superior Court Judge. The last two years of that term he spent working for Chief Justice Paul Newby as the Director of the Administrative Office of the Courts overseeing the operations of the North Carolina judicial branch. 

After 10 years of state service, Heath joined Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarboro LLP as a partner in the Raleigh office focusing on government relations and litigation. He serves on the UNC Asheville Alumni Association, the Campbell University Law School Board of Visitors, as a board member for Legal Aid of North Carolina, and is active in his church. He lives in Raleigh with his wife and their two children.