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Andrea S. Kramer

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Work Department

Executive Office

Position

Founding Member

Career

ASKRAMER LAW LLC, CHICAGO, IL
Founding Member (2023–Present)

MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP, CHICAGO, IL
Partner (1993–2022)

Tax Practice Group (2009–2022)
Head, Financial Products, Trading and Derivatives Group (1993–2022)
Co-Chair, Energy Services Group (1998–2011)
Member, Global Renewable Energy, Emissions and New Products Group
Member, Management Committee (2002–2013)
Member, Compensation Committee (2004–2007)
Founding Member, Diversity and Inclusion Committee (2011–2022)
Founding Chair, Gender Diversity Committee (2003–2022)

UNGARETTI & HARRIS LLP (formerly Coffield Ungaretti Harris & Slavin), CHICAGO, IL
Partner and Associate (1978–1992)

Admissions

United States Tax Court
United States Court of Federal Claims
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Languages

English

Memberships

Current and prior memberships:

American Bar Association
– Section on Taxation, Cryptocurrency Task Force (current)
American College of Investment Counsel, Fellow
Association of International Petroleum Negotiators
Chicago Bar Association
– Tax Executive Committee, Former Chair
– Division on Tax Shelters, Real Estate, and Partnerships, Former Chair
Chicago Bar Foundation, Investing in Justice Campaign
Chicago Finance Exchange
The Chicago Network
Coalition of Women in Law Initiatives
Energy Bar Association
Financial Innovation Study Committee/Weird Instrument Study Committee (FISC/WISC), Founding Member
Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism Diversity & Inclusion Advisory Board, Member (2016–2019)
International Association of Financial Engineers
International Bar Association
– Arbitration Committee
– Section on Business Law (Committee on Issues and Trading in Securities)
International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Committee on North American Tax
National Association of Women Lawyers
Women’s Bar Association of Illinois
Women’s Council on Energy and Environment

Education

BA, History and Political Science (minor, Economics) summa cum laude (high distinction in History)
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (1975)
Phi Beta Kappa, Bronze Tablet Award

JD, cum laude
Northwestern University, Pritzker School of Law (1978)
Editorial Board, Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology

Certification in Financial Accounting (2022)
Harvard Business School

Certification in Leading with Finance (2021)
Harvard Business School

Personal

Andie is married, with one adult daughter. She lives in Chicago with her husband, and five rescue dogs.

Leisure

Andie is an active community leader in Illinois, serving on several nonprofit boards. She is a lifelong advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion. With her husband, Al Harris, Andie has coauthored three books on women in the workplace.