J.D. from University of California, Berkeley School of Law
• Order of the Coif
• Prosser Prize and Jurisprudence
• Award Recipient
• Associate Editor, Ecology Law Quarterly

B.A. in English from Wesleyan University

Law Clerk to the Honorable Edward R. Korman
U.S District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Keker & Van Nest LLP

Friedman Kaplan Seiler & Adelman LLP (New York)

Heller Ehrman, LLP (New York)

Member of State Bar of California and New York

Admitted in the Northern District and Central District of California, Southern District and Eastern District of New York, and Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

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Andrew secured a defense verdict as lead trial counsel for Sonoma County based Seismic Brewing Company in three-week jury trial in San Francisco Superior Court. Seismic’s former distributor sought a million-dollar termination payment. The jury denied recovery.

DBI v. Seismic (S.F. Sup.)

Opposing Counsel: Cotchet, Pitre & McCarthy, LLP

Andrew secured a complete trial victory in five-week arbitration on behalf of Polychain Capital against a former investor’s claims regarding corporate governance and tax treatment of various cryptocurrency investments. The arbitrator granted Polychain’s claims, including a permanent injunction barring investor from misusing Polychain’s confidential information, denied all of the investor's claims, and awarded Polychain its full attorney’s fees and costs. The decision was later confirmed as a California Superior Court judgment.

Polychain v. Greenhouse (S.F. Sup.)

Opposing counsel: Jenner & Block LLP, Michelman & Robinson LLP

As lead trial counsel, Andrew represented creditor Polychain Capital in two bankruptcy trials to preserve its claims against a former investor. In a matter of first impression concerning cryptocurrency valuation, he scuttled creditor’s attempt to keep millions of dollars in cryptocurrency assets from creditors. After debtor’s fourth attempted plan was defeated, Andrew negotiated a plan to appoint a trustee to oversee those assets through exit or liquidation.

Polychain v. Greenhouse (Bankr. S.D. Fla.)

Opposing Counsel: Buchalter

Andrew represented Pepperidge Farm in litigation against an independent distributor in a fraud and breach of contract dispute with implications for Pepperidge Farm’s relationship with thousands of other distributors. The dispute was confidentially settled. 

Vital Distributions, LLC v. Pepperidge Farm, Incorporated (E.D. Cal.)

Andrew secured a preliminary injunction on behalf of San Francisco based FAZE Apparel against leading gaming organization FaZe Clan. The federal court enjoined FaZe Clan from advertising, promoting, or selling apparel and accessories with the word “FAZE” without also prominently featuring the word “Clan.”

Faze Apparel, LLC v. Faze Clan, Inc. (S.D. Cal.)

Andrew routinely advises financial professionals and executives to navigate exits from their current employer while keeping deferred compensation and avoiding contractual non-compete and non-solicit restrictions. He has advised clients leaving large banks, venture firms and start-ups to start billion-dollar private wealth management and venture firms of their own. He similarly advises financial firms, start-ups and companies to protect their businesses, trade secrets and confidential information when a key employee or executive leaves or is terminated.