Andy Berke
| Andy Berke | |
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| 73rd Mayor of Chattanooga | |
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Assumed office April 15, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Ron Littlefield |
| Member of the Tennessee Senate from the 10th district |
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In office 2007–2012 |
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| Preceded by | Ward Crutchfield |
| Succeeded by | Todd Gardenhire |
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Andrew Lawrence Berke March 31, 1968 Chattanooga, Tennessee |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Monique Prado |
| Residence | Chattanooga, Tennessee |
| Alma mater |
Baylor School |
| Profession | Attorney |
| Religion | Jewish |
Baylor School
Stanford University
Andrew Lawrence Berke (born March 31, 1968) is an American attorney and Tennessee politician. He is the current Mayor of Chattanooga. He is a member of the Democratic Party and represented Hamilton and Marion counties in the 10th District as state senator from 2007 to 2012. On March 5, 2013, Andy Berke became Chattanooga's Mayor Elect, and was inaugurated on April 15, 2013.
Berke was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, to Marvin and Karen Berke. He has one sister, Julie. He attended Rivermont Elementary, the Baylor School in Chattanooga, where he was a standout tennis player, and Stanford University, where he met his wife, Monique. Mayor Berke currently lives in Chattanooga with his wife and their two daughters, Hannah and Orly.
After graduating from Baylor School, a Chattanooga boarding high school, Andy attended Stanford University. After graduating from Stanford with honors, Berke worked as a legislative assistant for U.S. Congressman Bart Gordon.
Following his graduation from the University of Chicago Law School, he worked as a law clerk for Judge Deanell Reece Tacha of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in Lawrence, Kansas. During this time he also taught at the University of Kansas School of Law as an adjunct professor.
Berke returned home to Chattanooga and was admitted to the Tennessee Bar in 1994. He joined his family law practice, Berke, Berke, and Berke in Chattanooga, which was founded in 1934 by his grandfather, the late Harry Berke.
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