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Andrew is a partner in Taft’s Commercial Litigation practice. Andrew represents clients in a wide variety of industries in complex, high-exposure, and highly sensitive matters across the country.
Most recently, Andrew successfully defended a publicly traded company facing a False Claims Act case with potentially hundreds of millions in exposure, successfully obtained a no-action letter in a regulatory investigation of a public company, and is continuing his defense of subsidiaries of a publicly traded company alleged to have assisted a $400 million Ponzi scheme in San Diego, California. Andrew has tried cases to verdict in Ohio, Florida, and California, and has served as lead appellate counsel in the defense of a class certification denial.
Over the past 15 years, Andrew has also developed a practice and a reputation for obtaining insurance recoveries on behalf of corporate policyholders. During this time, Andrew has helped to recover approximately $420 million for his clients.
Andrew’s insurance-related experience has included disputes under various state and international laws and under a wide variety of insurance policies, including E&O policies, financial institution bonds (or crime policies), computer fraud and cyber policies, EPL policies, D&O policies, product recall policies, CGL policies, property, builder’s risk, contractor’s protective indemnity & rectification policies, stand-alone punitive damage policies, as well as title insurance and reinsurance treaties, and excess and umbrella policies.
Prior to joining Taft, he was a partner at a well-known law firm in Cleveland.
Awards
Honoree, Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Insurance, Band 3 (2022 – present)
Honoree, Best Lawyers in America®, Commercial Litigation (2019 – present), Insurance Law (2024), Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants (2024)
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Education
- Case Western Reserve University School of Law (1995)
J.D., magna cum laude
Order of the Coif - Allegheny College (1992)
B.A., magna cum laude
Phi Beta Kappa
Admissions
- State - New York
- State - Ohio
- State - Illinois
- Federal - U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- Federal - Southern District of New York
- Federal - Northern District of New York
- Federal - Southern District of Illinois
- Federal - Eastern District of Michigan
- Federal - Northern District of Ohio
- Federal - Southern District of Ohio
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Professional Affiliations
- New York State Bar Association
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