Andrew Keyt is a Shareholder and Partner at Heyl Royster, where he serves as Chair of the Governmental Practice Group. Andy's primary focus is advising governmental entities and private businesses in their legal framework. He often advises Counties concerning land use and zoning matters, particularly proposed utility-scale renewable energy projects, in all aspects of governmental litigation, contracting and procurement, employment, corporate governance, and sunshine laws. While he often represents Counties across Illinois in complex and one-of-a-kind developments, he has also represented private developers, such as securing permits for a $600 million development in central Illinois. While a trusted advisor to international scale corporations, he's often a comforting ear and litigator for a family farmer or small landowner finding themselves in the first lawsuit they've ever faced.

Andy has been honored as an Illinois Leading Lawyer since 2018, served as Vice-Chair of the Peoria County Zoning Board of Appeals, frequently speaks at statewide conferences, and is an author for the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education. He received his J.D. from Northern Illinois University School of Law, magna cum laude.