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Andy Mathews practices in Stoel Rives’ Real Estate group. He has a multidisciplinary background in litigation and risk management, regulatory/licensing compliance, and real estate transactions that he leverages in advising real estate clients on myriad brokerage-related matters.

Before joining Stoel Rives, Andy was General Counsel of John L. Scott Real Estate in Bellevue, one of the largest residential brokerage firms in the country. Prior to that, Andy was in-house counsel for seven years at American Management Services, LLC, a Seattle-based national property management company, including serving as General Counsel.

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With final rules now in place…