Andrey is an award-winning former federal prosecutor and seasoned trial and appellate advocate. His practice focuses on representing companies, boards of directors, and individuals in criminal actions, government inquiries, civil enforcement proceedings, complex commercial litigation, and appeals. He has helped clients navigate criminal and civil investigations, including ones initiated by the Department of Justice (“DOJ”), the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), and state authorities, involving alleged fraud and securities regulation matters. Andrey also works with clients to design, enhance, and implement risk-based compliance programs, as well as to conduct internal investigations, such as those stemming from whistleblower complaints and workplace misconduct. 

Andrey has been repeatedly praised by federal judges, with one remarking that his work is “spectacular,” standing out from that of even the most “highly capable” lawyers. He is one of few practicing attorneys whose scholarship has been cited by numerous panels of the U.S. Courts of Appeals. Andrey is a sought-after legal commentator and author, having been regularly featured in print and on television by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Bloomberg TV. His opinion pieces have been published by Fortune Magazine, NBC News and Bloomberg.

CRIMINAL EXPERIENCE

As an Assistant United States Attorney (“AUSA”) in the Eastern District of New York for nearly seven years, and twice recipient of Prosecutor of the Year award, Andrey conducted nine jury trials, proving allegations of bribery, tax fraud, wire fraud, making false statements, and racketeering. He is particularly familiar with the health care, financial services, energy, securities, and technology industries, and has had significant experience in investigations involving the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”), cryptocurrency, and financial crimes.

In his FCPA matters, which have spanned the globe from South America to Europe, Andrey, a native Russian speaker, has investigated and prosecuted cases resulting in multi-million-dollar corporate resolutions, including with one of the world’s largest energy trading firms. He also co-led groundbreaking cryptocurrency cases, obtaining the first-ever judicial opinion in a federal criminal case that cryptocurrencies could be regulated by securities law. He has deep knowledge of professional ethics, attorney-client privilege, and the criminal and civil liability of individuals, having handled prosecutions and jury trials of white-collar professionals. 

Andrey has led dozens of grand jury proceedings and transnational investigations into companies and individuals suspected of committing securities and investment fraud, bank fraud, cybercrimes, export control law breaches, kickbacks, accounting fraud, money laundering, obstruction of justice, health care fraud, and other white-collar offenses.

Civil Experience

Andrey has extensive experience in all phases of civil litigation, especially in hotly-contested federal actions, employment-related disputes, and class actions. He offers a unique perspective developed through representing plaintiffs and corporate defendants, and through his service as a law clerk to federal trial and appellate judges. Andrey also has experience with the False Claims Act and investigations related to qui tam and whistleblower complaints.

As a prosecutor, Andrey collaborated with other agencies and components of the DOJ engaged in parallel civil actions and other enforcement proceedings. He has worked with the SEC, the New York Grievance Committee, the IRS, the State Department, the Commerce Department, local district attorney offices, the Fraud Section, the Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section, and the Consumer Protection Branch.

Appellate Litigation Experience

Andrey has argued 15 appeals before the U.S. Court of Appeals, some of which involved important issues of first impression. He has successfully briefed several appeals before other courts, both state and federal, including the U.S. Supreme Court.  In 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit appointed Andrey to serve a three year term on the court’s Criminal Justice Act Panel, which is comprised of appellate specialists who have "superior experience and proven competence."

Earlier in his career, at a top New York litigation firm, Andrey was selected to brief high-stakes dispositive motions and appeals. Years later, leadership at the U.S. Attorney’s Office chose Andrey to edit other prosecutors’ appellate briefs and prepare them for oral argument. 

Andrey is a recognized thought leader on appellate issues. His publication on appellate waiver has been cited by the Fourth and Fifth Circuits, and prior to leaving the DOJ, Andrey co-authored an article guiding prosecutors nationwide on preserving the record at sentencing for appeals. He also co-authored articles on legal writing and lectured on the topic.