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Andrew T. Frankel is a partner in the Firm’s Litigation Department where he represents clients in a wide variety of commercial disputes. In the mass tort and product liability area, Mr. Frankel has successfully represented clients in a variety of contexts, including tobacco-related state Attorney General litigation, asbestos litigation, SUV rollover litigation, breast implant litigation and other mass torts. Mr. Frankel regularly represents insurers in a range of disputes at the trial and appellate level and in mediations throughout the country. He serves as national counsel for a major insurer in connection with direct actions pending in several states under various product liability theories, and in numerous mass tort-related coverage and bankruptcy litigations in state and federal courts. Along with Barry Ostrager, he successfully represented Travelers Indemnity Company in Travelers Indemn. Co. v. Bailey, 557 U.S. __, 129 S. Ct. 2195 (2009), which resolved important issues relating to the rights of settling insurers in asbestos-related bankruptcies.
In addition to his insurance, mass tort and bankruptcy practice, Mr. Frankel currently represents or has represented clients in connection with securities litigation, antitrust litigation, corporate investigations and white-collar criminal proceedings and other complex litigations. He is a member of the bar of the states of New York and New Jersey, the bar of the United States Supreme Court, the United State Courts of Appeals for the Second, Third and Sixth Circuits, and the District Courts for the Districts of New Jersey, Eastern District of New York and Southern District of New York. Mr. Frankel has litigated cases in domestic and international arbitrations, and in state and federal courts in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, Minnesota, Mississippi, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Washington, West Virginia, and Puerto Rico.
On a pro bono basis, Mr. Frankel appeared at the trial court level and on appeal in McWade v. Kelly, 460 F.3d 260 (2d Cir. 2006), on behalf of the Washington Legal Foundation, Families of September 11, Inc. and a number of federal, state and local officials including U.S. Rep. Peter T. King (Chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security) as amici curiae in support of the constitutionality of New York City's subway bag inspection program. Mr. Frankel has also assisted the City of New York and the New York Police Department in connection with hundreds of lawsuits against the City stemming from protests at the 2004 Republican National Convention, and litigation against the City and N.Y.P.D. arising from other mass protests conducted in the city.
Mr. Frankel joined the Simpson Thacher in 1992 and became a partner in 1999. Mr. Frankel is a member of the Firm’s Recruiting Committee. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Frankel clerked for Judge Morton I. Greenberg of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and Judge Mitchell H. Cohen of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. He is a 1990 graduate of Brooklyn Law School, where he was a member of the Brooklyn Law Review.
Honors/Associations
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American Bar Association |
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Publications
Admissions
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New Jersey 1990 |
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New York 1991 |
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U.S. District Court District of New Jersey 1990 |
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U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York 1992 |
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U.S. District Court Southern District of New York 1992 |
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United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit 2006 |
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United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit 2005 |
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United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit 2009 |
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U.S. Supreme Court 2005 |
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Clerkships
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Hon. Morton I. Greenberg, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit (1991-1992);
Hon. Mitchell H. Cohen, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey (1990-1991) |
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Education
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Brooklyn Law School, 1990 J.D.
cum laude;
Brooklyn Law Review |
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Drexel University, 1987 B.S. |
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