Andrew Gallinaro,

Andrew defended a publicly traded insurance company together with its officers and directors in multiple shareholder class actions filed in state and federal courts seeking to enjoin the company’s acquisition in a merger transaction valued in excess of $220 million. Andrew’s instrumental contributions to the defense team helped bring about a highly favorable global settlement that permitted the merger to close on schedule and without modification of the terms challenged in the lawsuits.

Andrew represented receivers appointed in SEC, FTC and U.S. Attorney initiated enforcement actions. Working closely with federal law enforcement agencies and court-appointed forensic accountants, Andrew successfully negotiated and litigated to recover millions of dollars in assets to benefit victims of complex financial and consumer fraud on a national scale.

Andrew defended executives in multiple restrictive covenant cases involving medical device manufacturers.

Andrew also specializes in law firm break-ups and internal partnership disputes, and has successfully litigated cases concerning complex partnership compensation and valuation issues. Andrew also has significant experience guiding clients through the myriad ethical and professional issues that arise when lawyers part ways.

Andrew defended former executors of an estate worth in excess of $60 million in one of the largest estate litigations in the history of Pennsylvania, which took more than nine years to litigate and involved more than 70 depositions, an extensive trial and multiple appeals. The vast majority of the claims lodged against the executors were dismissed at trial, and most of the adverse findings against the former executors were reversed on appeal.

Andrew has defended Am Law 100 as well as regional law firms and accounting firms in professional malpractice cases.