Andrew Baum

Andrew represents corporations and their directors, officers and employees, as well as elected officials, professional athletes and other individuals, in a broad range of legal and compliance matters, including defending allegations of financial fraud, violations of federal securities laws, insider trading, market manipulation, bribery, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations, obstruction of justice claims, cybersecurity matters and antitrust litigation.

Andrew regularly counsels clients facing government inquiries, including matters involving the Department of Justice (DOJ), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Congress, the Office of the New York Attorney General, FINRA, the Federal Trade Commission, the Environmental Protection Agency and other regulatory and law enforcement authorities.

Andrew has also represented clients in some of the most closely watched jury trials in the country.  

Andrew’s notable matters include securing the dismissal of all charges against the former lieutenant governor of New York, Brian Benjamin; representing the CEO of a major technology company in regulatory investigations, congressional hearings and class action litigation, concluding with no charges brought or any other actions taken; representing a global investment management firm in a multiyear regulatory investigation, resulting in no regulatory action taken against the firm; representing a senior executive of an automotive company in federal and state regulatory investigations, concluding with no action taken against the client; and representing the head of an investment firm in DOJ and SEC insider trading investigations, resulting in no charges brought.

Andrew has been recognized for his legal achievements by New York Super Lawyers as a “Rising Star.” 

Andrew is actively involved in the firm’s pro bono matters. Among his most notable representations, he negotiated the dismissal of charges brought by the U.S. Attorney’s Office against a client facing a 10-year mandatory minimum sentence, after filing motions that highlighted weaknesses in the government’s case.

Prior to joining the firm, Andrew served as an intern in the New York regional office of the SEC, where he worked on investigations and enforcement matters in the Enforcement Division’s Market Abuse Unit. He also interned for the Honorable Robert P. Patterson Jr. in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and for the Federal Defenders Office in the Southern District of New York.