Andrew T. Bodoh, Esq.
Associate · Thomas H. Roberts & Associates, P.C.
Andrew T. Bodoh, Esq.
Author of The Virginian’s Guide to FOIA
Biography
Andrew Bodoh has distinguished himself as a creative litigator in cases involving Constitutional law and civil rights, insurance coverage, appeals, and defamation. He also regularly represents citizens in cases involving the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), which governs citizens’ access to public records and public meetings in Virginia. He is the author of The Virginian’s Guide to FOIA (2025 edition).
Andrew Bodoh is a 2010 graduate of Ave Maria School of Law in Naples, Florida. He graduated Magna Cum Laude. During his senior year in law school, he was Editor in Chief of the Ave Maria Law Review. Andrew also distinguished himself as the best oral advocate in the 2010 intramural trial competition.
After passing the Virginia bar exam, he practiced in Fredericksburg, Virginia before joining the law firm of Thomas H. Roberts & Associates, P.C., where he represented clients in civil and criminal law as well as in bankruptcy matters.
Mr. Bodoh is married with four children.
Notable Cases
- UNDISCLOSED – Settlement in excess of $1 Million
- Minium v. Sheriff for Hanover County (VA Court of Appeals 2025)
- Liverman v. City of Petersburg, 2015 U.S. Dist. Lexis 120323 (Sept. 9, 2015)
- Denton v. City Council for the City of Hopewell, 2015 Va. Cir. LEXIS 191 (Dec. 21, 2015)
- State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. v. Franklin Ctr., 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 47051 (E.D. Va. Apr. 4, 2014)
- Smith v. Commonwealth, 286 Va. 52, 54 (Va. 2013)
- Wagner v. Land, Record No. 121869 (Va. S. Ct., 2013) (unpublished)
- Harmon v. Ewing, 285 Va. 335, 336 (Va. 2013)
- Artis v. Commonwealth, Record No. 018-13-2 (Va. Ct. App., 2014) (unpublished)
FOIA Cases – Samples:
| Case | Issue | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Ewing v. Harmon | Law enforcement records and technical violations of FOIA | After Supreme Court review, prevailed in part. |
| Barrett v. Bogley | FOIA application to Humane Investigators | Circuit Court rules FOIA does not apply |
| Artis v Dixon | Use of federal exemption | Settled – Attorney fees paid |
| Liberty Guard Inc. v. City Council for the City of Fredericksburg | Emergency injunction in General District Court to prevent closed session | Injunction denied |
| Cambell v. Hoch & Cambell v. Madison County Board of Supervisors | Failure to timely respond, excessive costs | Costs reduced |
| Everett v Town of Waverly | Failure to timely respond, use of various exemptions | Mandamus issued for documents, costs awarded, penalty suspended |
| Roberts v. Virginia Lottery | Failure to provide complete documents, use of work product exemption | Court permits use of exemption, but orders public records not previously supplied must be provided |
| Denton v. Hopewell City Council | Closed meeting to discuss elections | Court determines exemption does not apply |
| Minium v. Hanover Sheriff (2025) | Names of Officers | Court of Appeals reverses and orders names disclosed. |
Publications
Love Fiercely
Attorney Andrew T Bodoh works a full schedule as an accomplished litigator in Richmond, Virginia without dropping the ball at home with his growing family. He lives his deeply held religious beliefs and in this amazing book shares some of the lessons he has learned along the way.
The Virginian’s Guide to FOIA, 2025 Edition
Want a practical guide to Virginia’s Freedom of Information Act?
Virginia FOIA expert Andrew T. Bodoh provides a wonderful guide to laypersons (and other attorneys) for navigating the Freedom of Information Act in Virginia.
Articles and editorials
Editorial – Washington Post – July 8, 2022 – “Richmond will never be the same“
Letter to the Editor, “Change Virginia’s FOIA to increase transparency,” Wash. Post (Sept. 28, 2015), available at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/change-virginias-foia-to-increase-transparency/2015/09/28/076178fa-63b1-11e5-8475-781cc9851652_story.html
Op. Ed., “Bill might dilute FOIA’s impact,” Daily Press (January 15, 2015), available at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/change-virginias-foia-to-increase-transparency/2015/09/28/076178fa-63b1-11e5-8475-781cc9851652_story.html
The Road to Due Process: Evolving Constitutional Language from 1776 to 1789, 40 T. Jefferson L. Rev. 103 (2018)
Quoted in Walker v Commonwealth_2023 Va. LEXIS 24
Liberty Is Not Loco-Motion: Obergefell and the Originalists’ Due Process Fallacy, 40 Campbell L. Rev. 481 (2018), https://scholarship.law.campbell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1657&context=clr
Terminating Hope: Defensive Medicine in Cases of Poor Prenatal Diagnoses, 14 Liberty L. Rev. 1 (2019), https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1275&context=lu_law_review
Community Involvement and Interests
Andrew is a fellow with the Blackstone Legal Fellowship with the Alliance Defending Freedom, a member of the Knights of Columbus, and a parishioner at St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Church. He sits on the Board of Directors for Mary’s Shelter, a shelter for women and their families. He is also on the Board of Directors for The Summit Academy of Central Virginia. He enjoys studying and writing on matters of history, law, and sociology.
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Talk with Andrew
Call (804) 783-2000 or (804) 991-4260 (direct).
