Andrew Sherman

Sherman grew up in West Philadelphia.{{cite web|last=Frederiksen|first=Lee|title=Visible Expert Profile: Andrew J. Sherman|url=http://www.hingemarketing.com/blog/story/visible-expert-profile-andrew-j.-sherman|publisher=Hinge|access-date=12 February 2014}} He attended Lower Merion High School.{{cite web |url=http://www.jonesday.com/ajsherman |title=Professional Biography - Profile Andrew J. Sherman |publisher=Jonesday.com |access-date=2014-07-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140725002718/http://www.jonesday.com/ajsherman/ |archive-date=2014-07-25 |url-status=dead }} In 1983, he graduated from the University of Maryland with a Bachelor of Arts degree, and in 1986 earned his Juris Doctor degree from American University, Washington College of Law{{cite web |url=http://www.jonesday.com/ajsherman/ |title=Professional Biography - Profile Andrew J. Sherman |publisher=Jonesday.com |access-date=2014-07-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090228124726/http://www.jonesday.com/ajsherman/ |archive-date=2009-02-28 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.martindale.com/attorney/andrew-j-sherman-34218978/|title=Andrew J Sherman Profile | Washington, DC Lawyer|website=Martindale.com|access-date=23 November 2021}}

After running his own firm for several years,{{cite web|last=Field|first=Anne|title=Andrew J. Sherman|url=http://www.realsmallbusiness.com/wogl/building/structuring/profile/structuring_profile.html|publisher=Real Small Business|access-date=12 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223004519/http://www.realsmallbusiness.com/wogl/building/structuring/profile/structuring_profile.html|archive-date=2014-02-23|url-status=dead}} Sherman served as a partner in the Washington, DC offices of such large law firms as Greenberg Traurig,{{cite news |title= Five Hospitality Executives You Need In Your Rolodex |url= https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-56875060 |work= The Washington Times |date=11 November 1996 |access-date=15 June 2009 }} McDermott Will & Emery,{{cite web|url=http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Franchising-and-Licensing/Andrew-J-Sherman/e/9780814472224 |title=Andrew J. Sherman, About the Author |publisher=Search.barnesandnoble.com |access-date=2014-07-12}} and Dickstein Shapiro.{{cite web|url=https://www.sec.gov/info/smallbus/2008gbforumbios.htm |title=U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission 2008 Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation: Panelist and Moderator Biographies, Andrew J. Sherman |publisher=Sec.gov |date=2008-11-18 |access-date=2014-07-12}}

In February 2009, he joined Jones Day in their Washington, DC office as a senior partner in the M&A and Corporate department.{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS167124+02-Feb-2009+BW20090202 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130201065911/http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS167124+02-Feb-2009+BW20090202 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-02-01 |title=Reuters Corporate Law Group Joins Jones Day in Washington |publisher=Reuters.com |date=2009-02-02 |access-date=2014-07-12}}

Sherman was named on the Greater Washington "Legal Elite" list by Washington SmartCEO in 2006,{{cite web|title=Legal Elite Reader's Poll 2010|url=http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d4e8f8f9#/d4e8f8f9/69|publisher=SmartCEO|access-date=12 February 2014}} and in the 2007,{{cite web|title=Dickstein Shapiro Recognized in Prestigious Chambers USA Guide|url=http://www.dicksteinshapiro.com/news-and-views/press-release-dickstein-shapiro-recognized-prestigious-chambers-usa-guide|publisher=Dickstein Shapiro LLC|access-date=12 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222120141/http://www.dicksteinshapiro.com/news-and-views/press-release-dickstein-shapiro-recognized-prestigious-chambers-usa-guide|archive-date=22 February 2014|url-status=dead}} 2008,{{cite web|title=Dickstein Shapiro LLP Has 23 Attorneys in 12 Practice Areas Recognized in Prestigious Chambers USA Guide|url=http://www.dicksteinshapiro.com/news-and-views/press-release-dickstein-shapiro-llp-has-23-attorneys-12-practice-areas-recognized|publisher=Dickstein Shapiro LLC|access-date=12 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222130203/http://www.dicksteinshapiro.com/news-and-views/press-release-dickstein-shapiro-llp-has-23-attorneys-12-practice-areas-recognized|archive-date=22 February 2014|url-status=dead}} and 2009 editions of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business as a leading individual in the area of Corporate/M&A and Private Equity for the District of Columbia, as well as one of the "Leaders in their Field" by Chambers in 2014 in the area of Corporate/M&A and Private Equity. He was also recognized in the NACD Directorship 100: People to Watch list as one of the most influential people in corporate boardrooms.{{cite web|title=NACD Directorship 100: People to Watch|url=https://www.nacdonline.org/directorship100/2012honorees.cfm|publisher=NACD|access-date=13 February 2014}} He is a member of the board of directors of the Center for International Private Enterprise.{{cite web|title=Center for International Private Enterprise|url=http://www.cipe.org/content/andrew-sherman|access-date=20 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140224193703/http://www.cipe.org/content/andrew-sherman|archive-date=2014-02-24|url-status=dead}} and is a part of the Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) Strategy 300 group, as one of the world's leading IP strategists.

Sherman has served as an adjunct professor of business management, strategy and planning at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business for over 20 years.{{Cite web|url=http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/news/stories/2008/sherman-book.aspx|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091221035134/http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/news/stories/2008/sherman-book.aspx|url-status=dead|title=Smith Professor's New Book Details the "Road Rules" for Navigating Life|archive-date=21 December 2009|access-date=23 November 2021}} During his time there, he has won several teaching awards, including the Krowe Award for Teaching Excellence in 2000, 2004 and 2008.{{cite web |url=http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/management/faculty/adjunct/sherman.aspx |title=Management and Organization Adjunct Faculty Smith School of Business |publisher=Rhsmith.umd.edu |access-date=2014-07-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120822194216/http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/management/faculty/adjunct/sherman.aspx |archive-date=2012-08-22 |url-status=dead }} For the past 12 years, he has been an adjunct professor in the MBA program at Georgetown University, where he teaches courses on business growth, capital formation and entrepreneurship.{{Cite web|url=http://www.executivebiz.com/newsletter-executives-detail.php|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20071026090557/http://www.executivebiz.com/newsletter-executives-detail.php?who=asherman|url-status=dead|title=Executive Spotlight - Interview with Andrew Sherman, Co-Founder of Grow Fast Grow Right|archive-date=26 October 2007|access-date=23 November 2021}} He also recently became an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown Law.{{cite web |url=http://www.law.georgetown.edu/Faculty/facinfo/tab_faculty.cfm?Status=JDAdjunct&ID=1523 |title=Georgetown Law J.D. Adjunct Faculty |publisher=Law.georgetown.edu |date=2012-04-03 |access-date=2014-07-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120703162111/http://www.law.georgetown.edu/Faculty/facinfo/tab_faculty.cfm?Status=JDAdjunct&ID=1523 |archive-date=2012-07-03 |url-status=dead }}

Sherman has written 26 books on the legal and strategic aspects of business growth, mergers and acquisitions, capital formation, and the leveraging and licensing of intellectual property.{{cite web |url=http://www.nationalsmallbusinessweek.com/sherman/ |title=U.S. Small Business Administration National Small Business Week 2009 Biographical Overview |publisher=Nationalsmallbusinessweek.com |access-date=2014-07-12 }} {{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} His latest book, The Crisis of Disengagement, discusses the multifaceted workplace dilemma of disengagement, and examines how apathy and complacency effects leadership and governance, company culture, peers and team members, and individuals.{{Cite book|title=The Crisis of Disengagement|last=Sherman|first=Andrew|publisher=Advantage|year=2016|isbn=978-1-59932-847-8|location=Charleston, SC}}

His book Harvesting Intangible Assets uses the metaphor of farming to describe innovation and leveraging intellectual property.{{cite web|last=Jones|first=Blaire|title=Book Review: Harvesting Intangible Assets by Andrew Sherman|url=http://tech.co/harvesting-intangible-assets-andrew-sherman-2011-09|publisher=Tech Cocktail|access-date=12 February 2014}} Characterizing a company's role as that of an "intangible asset agrarian", he provides instructions for planning, planting, nurturing, cultivating, preparing to harvest, and ultimately selling a "bumper crop" by fully leveraging intangible assets and intellectual property. Sherman discussed these ideas in his Tedx Talk in January 2014.{{cite web|last=Sherman|first=Andrew|title=Harvesting Intangible Assets|website=YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8RAgLdkw-s |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/n8RAgLdkw-s |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|access-date=13 February 2014}}{{cbignore}}

His first non-business book, Road Rules: Be the Truck. Not the Squirrel. {{cite web|title=Business Writer Andrew Sherman Announces Fall Release of Inspirational Book: "Road Rules: Be the Truck not the Squirrel"|url=http://green.tmcnet.com/news/2008/10/16/3709181.htm|publisher=Green Technology News|access-date=12 February 2014}} applies the metaphor of commuting to work in your car to driving down the road of life.{{Cite web|url=https://www.notified.com/GNW-PR/press-release-distribution|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081019052034/http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Andrew-Sherman-910662.html|url-status=dead|title=Press Release Distribution|archivedate=19 October 2008|website=Notified|access-date=23 November 2021}} Sherman discusses his inspiration and motivations for the book on The Connections Show audio podcast.{{cite web|title=Connections #047 – Road Rules: Be the Truck. Not the Squirrel|url=http://www.podfeed.net/episodes.asp?p=2&id=13175&ct=1|publisher=The Connections Show|access-date=2014-02-12|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140212210908/http://www.podfeed.net/episodes.asp?p=2&id=13175&ct=1|archive-date=2014-02-12|url-status=usurped}} In September 2009, he released a special Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) edition of Road Rules: Be the Truck. Not the Squirrel.{{cite web|title=Andrew Sherman Releases Special MADD Edition of Road Rules: Be the Truck. Not the Squirrel.|url=http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/09/prweb2900804.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140212210903/http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/09/prweb2900804.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 12, 2014|publisher=PRWeb|access-date=12 February 2014}} with a foreword by MADD National President Laura Dean-Mooney; 40% of the proceeds of its sale (at www.bethetruck.com) go directly to MADD.{{Cite web|url=http://www.madd.org/Media-Center/Media-Center/Press-Releases/PressView.aspx?press=215|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100619114049/http://www.madd.org/Media-Center/Media-Center/Press-Releases/PressView.aspx?press=215|url-status=dead|title=Andrew Sherman Releases Special MADD Edition of Road Rules: Be the Truck. Not the Squirrel.|archive-date=19 June 2010|access-date=23 November 2021}} Image:AShermanBookCover.jpg

Sherman is the founder of Grow Fast Grow Right, an education and training company with operations in the United States, Canada, India and Europe.{{cite web|title=About the Co-Founders|url=http://www.tvworldwide.com/events/growfastgrowright/version10/cofounderajs.htm|publisher=Grow Fast Grow Right|access-date=12 February 2014}}

In 2001, Fortune magazine named Sherman one of the Top Ten Minds in Small Business.{{cite web|last=Solomon |first=Stephen D. |url=https://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2001/12/01/315130/ |title=The Top Ten Minds in Small Business |publisher=Money.cnn.com |date=2001-12-01 |access-date=2014-07-12}}

In February 2006 Inc. magazine recognized Sherman as one of the 19 leading resources and advocates for growing companies in the nation.{{Cite web |url=http://www.growfastgrowright.com/ajsbiography.htm |title=Andrew J. Sherman, Esq Biographical Overview |access-date=2009-07-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060206085850/http://www.growfastgrowright.com/ajsbiography.htm |archive-date=2006-02-06 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|last=Risen|first=Clay|title=Best Friends In D.C.: Legal Minds|date=February 2006|url=http://www.inc.com/magazine/20060201/dc-legal.html|publisher=Inc.|access-date=12 February 2014}}

Sherman was named one of the world's 50 leading business minds for the “50 Lessons From 50 Leaders” webcast series, which included business leaders such as JW Marriott, Richard Branson, Earl Graves and William Harrison. Sherman is also recognized as a Hinge Visible Expert, a lawyer who has attained high visibility and expertise.

Sherman has been featured as the cover story on a number of publications including Inc. magazine (May 2007) Buchanan, Leigh. [http://www.inc.com/magazine/20070501/features-find-it-use-it.html "Find It. Use It."], Inc. (May 1, 2007). Retrieved July 30, 2009. and Premiere Trade magazine (April 2006).

Sherman has been interviewed by or mentioned in The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Investor’s Business Daily, The New York Times, Business Week, Fortune, Daily Deal, The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, The Chicago Sun-Times, The Miami Herald, The Orlando Sentinel, Legal Times, The San Francisco Examiner, The Washington Times, Forbes magazine, U.S. News & World Report, Money magazine, Inc. magazine, CNNMoney.com, Dun & Bradstreet Reports, Black Enterprise magazine, and other news sources.

He is frequently interviewed on national and regional radio programs, including National Public Radio’s Talk of The Nation,{{cite web|last=Conan|first=Neal|title=Talk of the Nation Rundown|url=https://www.npr.org/programs/totn/rundowns/1998/apr/totn.04.07.98|publisher=NPR|access-date=13 February 2014}} CBS News Radio, Associated Press (AP) Radio Network’s Business Minute, various shows broadcast over The Business Radio Network (simultaneously broadcast in over 100 cities), and is a regular guest on the WTEM 570 Smart Business show (with John Hrastar) and the Taking Care of Business show on WMAL (with Brian Roberts).

In December 2009, Sherman participated in a two-part interview with Portfolio.com as part of The Great Global Business Adventure series, where he discussed globalization and its impact on small and mid-sized businesses.{{cite web|url=http://www.portfolio.com/business-news/2009/12/15/andrew-sherman-gives-his-take-on-globalization-and-the-entrepreneur/ |title=Baby Steps to a World Market |publisher=Portfolio.com |date=2009-12-15 |access-date=2014-07-12}}

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