Andrew represents and counsels some of the largest businesses and financial institutions in the country in complex commercial disputes—including claims arising from contract, business torts, class actions, securities fraud, business combinations, shareholder disputes, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, software implementation and intellectual property disputes, including trade secrets and non-competition agreements.
Andrew’s experience includes appearances in federal and state courts throughout the country, as well as in all types of ADR proceedings. Highlights of his experience includes representing a significant public company and its senior officers in securities and derivative cases, and financial services institutions in commercial disputes, securities cases, and merger challenges. He has been recognized as a Rising Star by Ohio Super Lawyers.
In addition to his complex commercial dispute resolution experience, Andrew is Chair of the Firm’s eDiscovery Group. Andrew’s ediscovery practice focuses on providing practical advice, strategic guidance, and predicable costs in the collection, retention, review, and production of documents and things in connection with litigation, subpoena responses, and ADR proceedings. Andrew also provides pre-dispute counseling regarding document-retention policies and ediscovery planning.
Representative Experience
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Defeated class certification and prevailed on Daubert arguments dismissing the opinions of class plaintiffs’ damages and consumer survey experts, successfully arguing on behalf of telehealth company that plaintiffs' claims involved too many individualized questions regarding injury and damages, rendering class treatment inappropriate.
- Copyright infringement litigation concerning technology for the e-book industry, representing OverDrive, Inc. as plaintiff
- Assisted with drafting a successful motion to dismiss a breach of fiduciary duty and fraud action asserted against a financial services client in FINRA arbitration.
- Obtained a favorable defense resolution of a putative wage and hour collective action for a major manufacturer.
- Obtained a favorable defense resolution of a case alleging theft of trade secrets against a major manufacturer.
- Obtained a favorable defense resolution of a dispute claiming a multi-million dollar earn-out payment in an asset purchase agreement, including related employment claims.
- Obtained dismissal for a global financial institution of claims arising from an allegedly improper drawdown on a series of international letters of credit.
- Obtained dismissal of a multi-billion dollar federal securities fraud claim arising from activities in an unrelated litigation, and successfully defended that dismissal on appeal.
- Consulted with a national financial institution regarding its ediscovery practices and litigation response.
- Successfully opposed the transfer of a case to the United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation in a products liability class action.