Cohen Ziffer Frenchman & McKenna

Andrea Jung represents policyholders in complex insurance coverage disputes, bringing a practice grounded in insurance, securities, and bankruptcy law. She is particularly experienced in representing policyholders following mergers and acquisitions in claims related to breaches of representations and warranties.

Andrea’s casework includes representing Walmart in its suit against nearly 40 insurers over coverage for defense costs and settlements tied to 2,400 opioid-related actions. She has also represented Verizon Communications in an appeal before the Delaware Supreme Court on the contested meaning of “Securities Claim” under D&O policies.

Before joining Cohen Ziffer, Andrea clerked for Justice Todd Eddins of the Supreme Court of Hawaii, where her work spanned environmental law, administrative law, and questions of policy and public interest. Earlier in her career, she focused on bankruptcy litigation at an Am Law 20 firm.

Outside of her insurance practice, Andrea is a committed pro bono lawyer. She secured relief under the Convention Against Torture for one client and represented another in a federal racketeering matter while the client was jailed during the COVID-19 pandemic. She is fluent in English and Korean.

Prior to joining Cohen Ziffer, Andrea was a litigation associate at Cleary Gottlieb. Earlier in her career, she served as a judicial law clerk at the Hawaii Supreme Court and was an intern at the Sonia and Celina Sotomayor Judicial Internship Program.

Andrea is admitted to practice in New York and before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Andrea received her B.S. and B.A., summa cum laude, from Binghamton University in 2009 and her J.D., magna cum laude, from University of Pennsylvania Law School in 2018.