Andrew K. Levi - Miami
Head of Miami Office
Andrew Levi heads the firm's Miami office and is an integral member of Nardello & Co.'s Financial Investigations and Litigation Support practices. A formal federal prosecutor, he is an accomplished trial lawyer and financial investigator who has investigated and prosecuted a number of large-scale securities, banking and tax fraud cases. He has also developed, investigated and tried cases against corporate officers, members of organized crime and public officials for white-collar crime.
Before joining Nardello & Co., Andrew served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Economic Crimes Section of the United States Attorney's Office of the Southern District of Florida. He was a member of that Office's $50 million bank and accounting fraud trial team that successfully prosecuted one of the largest and most sophisticated white-collar cases in the Southern District of Florida's history, United States v. Masferrer. He was also lead counsel in the Mutual Benefits Corp. $1 billion securities fraud case, which involved 28,000 victims worldwide, and prosecuted South Florida's well-known court appointed receiver Lewis B. Freeman for a 10-year Ponzi scheme. In addition, Andrew served as an instructor for the U.S. Department of Justice's Bank and Securities Fraud Seminar.
Earlier, while working for the New York Stock Exchange as Trial Counsel and Senior Special Counsel in the Division of Enforcement, Andrew investigated brokerage firms for violations of NYSE rules and securities law violations. Prior to that, he worked as an Assistant District Attorney in the Labor Racketeering Unit of the New York County District Attorney's Office and served in the Special Investigations Bureau of the Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor. He was also an Adjunct Professor of Law at New York Law School, where he received a distinguished service award for contributing to the scholastic excellence of the law school and the profession.
Andrew was a contributing author to the first and second editions of New York Criminal Law and in 2006 was chosen by the Miami Daily Business Review for its list of the "Most Effective Lawyers" in South Florida in Criminal Law. Andrew also serves on the White Collar Committee of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL).
Andrew Levi graduated with a BS from Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations. He received his JD from Brooklyn Law School, where he received a number of honors including the American Jurisprudence Award for Conflict of Laws.