Background
Levander, Andrew J. was born in 1953 in New York, New York, United States.
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Andrew J. Levander
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Tufts University (Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, 1973). Columbia Law School (Juris Doctor, 1977).
Career
Worked at Shereff, Friedman, Hoffman & Goodman, Limited Liability Partnership (New York, New York) specializing in Corporate, Securities, Investment Partnerships, Mergers and Acquisitions, Investment Companies, Investment Advisers, Restructurings, Corporate Finance, Litigation, Tax, International, Real Estate, Trusts and Probate. Admitted to the bar, 1978, New York and District of Columbia. Kent Scholar. Notes and Comments Editor, Columbia Law Review, 1975-1977.
Company-author: Prevention and Prosecution of Computer and High Technology Crime, Matthew Bender, 1988.
Author: "The Fifth Amendment and Parallel Proceedings," North.Y.L.J. and American Bar Association Publications, 1994. "Heading Office an Indictment," Litigation Magazine, Fall, 1986.
"New Answers to the Liquidation Reincorporation Problem," 76 Columbia Law Review 268 (1976). Law Clerk to Honorary Wilfred Feinberg, United States.
Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 1977-1978.
Assistant to the Solicitor General, 1978-1981. Assistant United States. Attorney, Southern District of New York, 1981-1985.
Assistant Adjunct Professor, New York University Law School, 1984-1992.
Associate Independent Counsel (In re Michael Deaver), 1986-1987. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Committee on Professional Discipline, 1988-1991.
Member, Committee on Securities Regulations, 1996). New York State and American (Member, White Collar Crime Financial Institution Fraud Subcommittee.
Complex Crimes Litigation Securities Subcommittee.
Former Chairman, Securities Litigation Professional Issues Subcommittee) Bar Associations. The District of Columbia Bar. Federal Bar Council (Member, Federal Courts Committee).
Shereff, Friedman, Hoffman & Goodman, Limited Liability Partnership, founded in 1971, has a diversified practice including corporate, securities, financial services, litigation, real estate, tax and trust and estates matters.
Clients of the firm include public and private corporations and other entities located in the United States and abroad. The firm has a substantial corporate and securities practice, including mergers and acquisitions.
In addition, the firm"s practice involves corporate restructurings, including acquisitions of and work-outs by distressed companies. Through its representation of numerous mutual funds, as well as a number of broker-dealers, management and advisory organizations, investment partnerships, and venture capital firms, the firm"s financial services group has gained a national reputation.
The firm"s highly respected litigation department, which includes three partners who previously served in the United States.
Attorney" General’ s Office for the Southern District of New York and one attorney who previously served in the United States. Attorney" General’ s Office for the Eastern District of New York, handles a wide array of securities and commercial litigation and also has a substantial white collar criminal defense practice. Members of the firm lecture and write extensively, particularly in areas such as mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, financial services, venture capital and litigation.
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Membership
Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Committee on Professional Discipline, 1988-1991. Member, Committee on Securities Regulations, 1996). New York State and American (Member, White Collar Crime Financial Institution Fraud Subcommittee.
Complex Crimes Litigation Securities Subcommittee.
Former Chairman, Securities Litigation Professional Issues Subcommittee) Bar Associations. The District of Columbia Bar.
Federal Bar Council (Member, Federal Courts Committee).
