Andrew Kratenstein is a partner in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP and is based in the Firm’s New York office. Andrew’s complex commercial litigation practice focuses on financial services, securities, and real estate disputes, and covers a broad array of industries, including banking, real estate, beverage distribution, pharmaceuticals and energy.
Andrew is also active in the Firm’s pro bono program. Among other matters, he has handled appeals of abused, neglected or abandoned immigrant children who have been denied the ability to apply for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status. See Matter of P.E.A. v. A.G.G., 111 A.D.3d 619, 975 N.Y.S.2d 85 (2d Dep’t 2013); Matter of Emma M., 74 A.D.3d 968, 902 N.Y.S.2d 651 (2d Dep’t 2010); Matter of Antowa McD., 50 A.D.3d 507, 856 N.Y.S.2d 576 (1st Dep’t 2008).
Andrew currently chairs the firm’s Trial/White Collar Securities Defense training committee. He has also served as faculty member for the Practicing Law Institute’s symposium on Best Practices for Complex Cases, and guest lectures at Columbia Law School on best practices for electronic discovery.
