Andrew J. Waghorn has provided legal support to health care oversight since September 2016. He was born in Islip, New York, in 1965, the youngest of eight children. Mr. Waghorn attended Catholic University, receiving a B.A., in political science in 1987. A recipient of the Frank A. Giordano Scholarship, Mr. Waghorn completed his legal education at Catholic University, the Columbus School of Law, earning a J.D. in 1990. He was a Member of Law Review, the Moot Court Association, and a finalist in several moot court competitions.

After law school, Mr. Waghorn obtained a direct Commission as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy’s Judge Advocate Generals’ Corp. He began his military career in Newport, Rhode Island where he represented the Navy in medical malpractice claims filed under the Federal Torts Claims Act. He later served as part of a highly competitive mobile JAG team, flying onto Navy ships in the Persian Gulf with a prosecutor and judge to defend sailors and Marines before courts-martial and administrative discharge hearings. Returning stateside, Mr. Waghorn served at the Washington Navy Yard, drafting appellate briefs and presenting oral arguments in appeals of criminal convictions before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. Serving his country with distinction, Mr. Waghorn received the National Defense Medal, the Navy Commendation Medal, and the Navy Achievement Medal, among other military decorations.

From 1998-2000, Mr. Waghorn served the District of Columbia as an Assistant Corporation Counsel where he defended police officers against claims of excessive force, false imprisonment, deprivation of medical care, and other civil rights claims alleging police misconduct under 42 U.S.C., Section 1983. He also represented D.C. General Hospital and medical care providers in civil actions alleging medical malpractice.

From 2000-2016, Mr. Waghorn engaged in all aspects of civil litigation in state and federal courts in Virginia, Washington, D.C., and Maryland. His primary focus was in the areas of medical malpractice, automobile negligence, and neglect at nursing home and assisted living facilities. Over this period of time Mr. Waghorn had the opportunity to represent both the victims of alleged malpractice as well as doctors, hospitals, and other healthcare providers in cases involving delayed cancer diagnoses, failure to prevent strokes, traumatic brain injuries, surgical and anesthesia misadventures, failures in emergency, nursing, and critical care, falls at hospitals, nursing homes, and assisted living facilities, and injuries and/or death to newborns, including cerebral palsy, stillbirth, spina bifida, and shoulder dystocia.

Mr. Waghorn has a passion for helping military veterans and their widows and dependents. For 15 years he represented individuals who were denied disability and other benefits before VA regional offices across the country, the Board of Veterans Appeals, the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans’ Claims, and the US. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C.