Andrew J. Levander
| Andrew J. Levander | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1953 |
| Nationality | United States |
| Education | B.A. Tufts University J.D. Columbia Law School |
| Occupation | attorney |
| Spouse(s) | Carol Loewenson |
| Children | two |
Andrew J. Levander (born 1953) is an American lawyer and partner at the law firm Dechert who advises on securities fraud, commercial litigation and white collar criminal defense matters. A former federal prosecutor, he is known for representing numerous prominent Wall Street companies and executives, particularly since the 2008 global financial crisis. He is currently chair of Dechert’s policy committee.
Levander received his bachelor's degree summa cum laude from Tufts University in 1973. He graduated in 1977 from Columbia Law School, where he was a Kent Scholar and the Notes and Comments Editor of the Columbia Law Review. After completing law school, he clerked for the Honorable Wilfred Feinberg of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
In the late 1970s, Levander was an assistant to the Solicitor General. During this time he made his first argument before the U.S. Supreme Court at age 25, making him the youngest person ever to argue successfully before the Supreme Court. He later served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York’s Securities and Commodities Fraud Unit.
Upon leaving the U.S. Attorney’s office in 1985, Levander joined New York-based firm Shereff, Friedman, Hoffman & Goodman, where he made a name for himself advising such clients as fund managers David Askin and John Kaweske, former Sunbeam Corporation chairman Paul Kazarian, Saudi arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi, and Haroon Kahlon, an associate of National Commercial Bank of Saudi Arabia chairman Sheik Khalid-Bin-Mahfouz who was implicated in the BCCI scandal. He was named among The American Lawyer’s “Forty-Five under 45” for his work in white collar and securities litigation in 1995. Levander continued at Shereff Friedman through that firm’s 1998 merger with D.C.-based Swidler & Berlin to form Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman until joining Dechert with a group of 64 other Swidler lawyers in 2005.
Since joining Dechert, Levander has taken on several cases representing high-profile Wall Street executives. In June 2010, he was named chair-elect of the firm’s policy committee, a role that he assumed in July 2011.
Levander obtained an acquittal for Michael Rigas in 2004 on six counts and dismissal on two counts in the Adelphia Communications criminal fraud matter United States v. Rigas, despite the fact that Rigas’ father and brother were convicted of the same charges. The case was named among the New York Law Journal’s "Top Cases of 2004" and led to The National Law Journal profiling Levander as one of the nation’s top 10 litigators of 2005.
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