Peter B. Andrews
Peter Andrews is an associate at Grant & Eisenhofer. Mr. Andrews’ practice involves complex commercial litigation. Mr. Andrews represents plaintiffs in a variety of matters, including securities class actions, consumer class actions, and Fair Labor Standards Act collective actions. Mr. Andrews also represents whistleblowers in Federal False Claims Act litigation.
While at Grant & Eisenhofer, Mr. Andrews has, among others, represented investors against the directors and officers of a failed telecom company for breach of fiduciary duty in Rahl v. Flag Telecom, Inc.; represented public pension funds in opt-out securities litigation against the officers and directors of Enron; represented former employees of a failed health system in order to secure promised interests in pension benefits (Burstein v. Allegheny Health System); and represented a class of former customers against a major cable television provider in Baldasarri v. Suburban Cable TV Co. (Comcast Corporation). Mr. Andrews has also been actively engaged in litigation in the Delaware Court of Chancery in shareholder derivative and corporate governance cases such as CALPERS v. Coulter et al., and Lone Star Steakhouse & Saloon Inc.
Prior to joining Grant & Eisenhofer in 2004, Mr. Andrews was with a major Philadelphia defense firm where he represented securities brokers and broker-dealers in various disputes, including customer complaint litigation. Mr. Andrews also represented clients in regulatory proceedings pursued by NYSE, NASD, and SEC, and advised clients as to best practices under federal and state insurance and securities regulations.
Mr. Andrews is a 1992 graduate of Colby College in Waterville, Maine, where he captained the Colby rugby team, and a 1998 graduate of the Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University. Upon graduation from Dickinson, Mr. Andrews clerked for the Honorable Alan M. Black of the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.