Andy Cryan, Esq.

Whether you're incarcerated, on parole, on probation, or facing a significant collateral consequence from a conviction, I will fight to bring you justice. I have years of experience litigating post-conviction cases and criminal appeals, and I serve clients all throughout Maryland in all varieties of post-conviction relief, including: post-conviction petitions, motions to reopen post-conviction proceedings, actual innocence petitions, motions to correct illegal sentences, and coram nobis petitions. I handle appeals arising from both these cases and standard, "direct", criminal appeals following convictions.

I’ve handled all varieties of post-conviction cases and criminal appeals for nearly a decade. I spent over 4 years in private practice obtaining new trials and sentencing modifications for my clients in multiple counties throughout Maryland while winning cases before both the Appellate Court of Maryland and the Supreme Court of Maryland. I was a Post-Conviction Litigation Unit Prosecutor in Baltimore City for 1.5 years. I also clerked for the Honorable Melissa Phinn in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City and worked in both the Circuit Court for Howard County and the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County. I understand how the defense, prosecution, and most importantly, the court approach post-conviction cases and criminal appeals. I thoroughly review my clients' cases to determine whether they have any meritorious claims. If they can’t, I tell them straight. When they do, I fight to bring them justice.