Andrew Kaufman

Andrew Kaufman

recognized lawyers icon Recognized in Ones to Watch since 2023
Awarded Practice Areas
Appellate Practice Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs
Awarded Practice Areas
Appellate Practice Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs
Andrew Kaufman
Andrew Kaufman
San Francisco, CA
Works at
Girard Sharp LLP

4 Best Lawyers awards

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Biography

Andrew Kaufman is a partner in our Nashville office. Prior to joining Lieff Cabraser, Andrew was a law clerk for Judge Martha Craig Daughtrey in Nashville and Judge Stephen Glickman in Washington D.C., and a fellow at Public Citizen Litigation Group.

Andrew graduated from Harvard Law School cum laude in 2012. During law school, he was an Executive Editor of the Harvard Law and Policy Review, and was honored with the Dean’s Scholar Prizes in Federal Courts, Civil Procedure, and Legislation & Regulation.

Andrew has also written articles such as “Lochner for the Executive Branch: The Torture Memo as Anticanon” and “American Foreign Policy Opinion in 2004: Exploring Underlying Beliefs.”

Works at
Girard Sharp LLP

4 Best Lawyers awards

Girard Sharp LLP logo

Locations

Education

  • Carleton College, B.A., graduated 2007
  • Harvard University, J.D., graduated 2012

Bar Admissions

  • New York, New York State Bar Association, 2013
  • Tennessee, Tennessee Bar Association, 2015
  • Wisconsin, State Bar of Wisconsin, 2022

Court Admissions

  • U.S. Supreme Court, 2016
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit, 2016
  • U.S. Court Of Appeals, 5th Circuit, 2017
  • U.S. Court Of Appeals, 6th Circuit, 2019
  • U.S. Court Of Appeals, 7th Circuit, 2020
  • U.S. Court Of Appeals, 9th Circuit, 2017
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit, 2016
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 2016
  • U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee, 2015
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas, 2016
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin, 2016

Affiliations

  • Law360 Editorial Advisory Board, Product Liability, 2021 - Member
  • Nashville Bar Foundation Leadership Forum, 2017 – 2018 - Member

Client Testimonials

Awards & Focus

Recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America 2026 for work in:
  • Appellate Practice
  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
  • Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs
Awards:
  • “Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers in America,” Lawdragon, 2023-2025
  • “Ones to Watch,” Best Lawyers, 2023-2025
  • “Consumer Attorney of the Year,” Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC), 2024

  • “Rising Star of the Plaintiffs’ Bar” National Law Journal, 2024

  • “Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation,” Lawdragon, 2023, 2024

  • “On the Rise,” ALM/Southeastern Legal Awards, 2023

  • “Outstanding Private Practice Antitrust Achievement,” American Antitrust Institute, 2020

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