#81 - Spotlight with Andre Pennington

Andre grew up in Southern California, graduating from California State University, Fullerton, and Loyola Law School, Los Angeles. He then started his legal career in 2006, as a trial attorney within the Colorado state courts. In 2007, he joined the U.S. Air Force. Over a four-year period, Andre engaged in estate planning and trial work. During that time, he was recognized by leadership as being within the top 5 percent of trial attorneys in the Air Force. With a desire to have a more stable home life, Andre left active duty and transferred to the Air Force Reserves, where he held the rank of Major. He served as a trial advocacy instructor, government appellate counsel, and estate planning attorney. Andre practiced as a federal trial attorney for the District of Arizona, handling the highest level of federal cases. In 2014, he decided to go into private practice as a full-time Arizona estate planning, wills, trusts, and probate attorney. Andre cites the Air Force's core values — Integrity, Service, Excellence — as the guiding principles behind Pennington Law, PLLC as well as for his work in the community. He explains them as, "Integrity — when no one's looking you do the right thing; service before self; and excellence in all we do." As Andre explains, it starts with asking, "'How much good can I give to the community?' I tell my kids every day, 'Have a great day and do great things.' And that's the way I think about it; every day is another day to do a great thing, to change someone's life." With a yearning to give Arizona children the chance to succeed, he founded residential homes dedicated to the well-being of foster children. In addition, he was appointed and served as a part-time judge for the Maricopa County Justice Courts (2015-2017). Andre holds a brown belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and is a coach and lifetime member at ⁠De Boa Jiu-Jitsu Academy⁠ in Surprise, Arizona. Connect with Andre here: ⁠https://www.penningtonestateplanning.com/⁠ ⁠https://www.facebook.com/andre.pennington.716⁠ ⁠https://www.instagram.com/penningtonwealth/⁠