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454 Best Lawyers awards

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Awarded Practice Areas

Commercial Litigation Insurance Law Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants

Biography

Andrew has a history of representing corporate clients in sophisticated, complex, and sensitive matters in a wide variety of industries and disciplines. He 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. For the past 15 years, however, his focus has been in spearheading insurance recoveries for corporate policyholders in a variety of business sectors, 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 damages policies, as well as title insurance and reinsurance treaties, and excess and umbrella policies. In that time, he has helped recover nearly $420 million for his clients. At the same time, Andrew continues to be called upon to defend major high-stakes matters, including defending publicly traded companies facing False Claims Act claims, a regulatory investigation, and hundreds of millions of alleged investor losses in Ponzi schemes.

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Overview

  • Case Western Reserve University, J.D., graduated 1995
  • Allegheny College, B.A., graduated 1992

  • New York, 2009
  • Illinois, 1999
  • Ohio, 1995

  • American Bar Association - Member
  • New York State Bar Association - Member

  • U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit
  • U.S. District Courts for the Southern District of New York, the Southern District of Illinois, the Eastern District of Michigan, and the Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio
  • New York, 2009
  • Illinois, 1999
  • Ohio, 1995
  • American Bar Association - Member
  • New York State Bar Association - Member
  • Case Western Reserve University, J.D., graduated 1995
  • Allegheny College, B.A., graduated 1992
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit
  • U.S. District Courts for the Southern District of New York, the Southern District of Illinois, the Eastern District of Michigan, and the Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio

Client Testimonials

Awards & Focus

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2025 - Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants, Cleveland (2025)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Insurance Law
  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Construction Law
  • Financial Services Regulation Law
  • Litigation - Insurance
  • Product Liability Litigation
  • Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Awards:
  • The Best Lawyers in America®, Commercial Litigation, 2019-24, Insurance Law, 2024, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants, 2024

  • AV Preeminent®, Martindale-Hubbell

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