A partner in the Litigation Department, Andrew J. Ehrlich has experience representing clients on a broad variety of commercial litigation matters, specializing in complex securities litigation and regulatory defense. Mr. Ehrlich has expertise in representing clients in complex, and often high-profile, matters involving federal and state regulatory inquiries, as well as civil litigation in multiple jurisdictions.

Mr. Ehrlich has been a member of the winning trial teams in two of the most significant recent commercial cases to be tried to conclusion. Most recently, Mr. Ehrlich was part of the team that successfully defended Citigroup, in New Jersey state court, against claims arising out of the collapse of Parmalat, defeating claims worth more than $10 billion and achieving a $365 million counterclaim jury verdict for Citigroup. Mr. Ehrlich also successfully defended Citigroup and Salomon Smith Barney against a $900 million fraud and breach of fiduciary duty claim, the second-largest arbitration case ever filed with the NASD. After a three-week hearing in Denver, the arbitrators ruled for Citigroup and Salomon Smith Barney, and dismissed all claims in their entirety.

Other significant representations include:

• Representation of a major credit rating agency in numerous matters, including state and federal regulatory investigations related to ratings of mortgage-backed securities, and in a major multi-district civil litigation.
• Successful representation of several underwriting syndicates in actions under the Securities Act of 1933.
• Representation of Citigroup in civil litigations arising out of the activities of former Salomon Smith Barney research analyst Jack Grubman (in connection with his coverage of WorldCom, Global Crossing and other issuers).

Mr. Ehrlich maintains an active pro bono practice. He is lead counsel in a post-conviction proceeding on behalf of an individual on Alabama’s death row, recently securing a reversal in the Alabama Supreme Court of a lower court’s dismissal of the post-conviction petition. He was also part of the Paul, Weiss team that, together with the ACLU, asserted a challenge to New York’s prohibition on civil marriage rights for same-sex couples.

Mr. Ehrlich served as the articles and commentaries chair of the Harvard Law Review and was an oralist on the winning team of the Ames Court Competition at Harvard Law School in 2000.