Harris St. Laurent LLP

A veteran litigator and trial lawyer, and the co-founder of the firm, Andrew St. Laurent has built his career successfully resolving high-stakes criminal, regulatory, and civil matters, and guiding executives and companies through complex investigations, arbitrations, trials, and appeals with clarity and confidence.

After starting his career at a leading white collar criminal boutique, Andrew was a public defender for the Legal Aid Society in Manhattan, where he tried more than a dozen cases to jury verdict.

In private practice, he has a broad range of experience providing critical counsel in both state and federal court and arbitration.

He has been recognized as one of the nation’s top-ranked practitioners in white collar crime and government investigations (Chambers USA), and clients describe Andrew as “a brilliant legal mind.” He focuses on the client's goals over legal gamesmanship, cutting through jargon and technical and procedural minutiae to find the most direct path to the best possible result.

His practice centers on high-stakes white-collar criminal defense, regulatory investigations, and complex civil litigation, routinely representing executives, CEOs, CFOs, and financial professionals in career-defining matters. He has successfully represented clients in a wide variety of circumstances, from government probes and multi-agency inquiries to FCPA investigations, FINRA sanctions, and SEC appeals, to shareholder class and derivative actions in federal and Delaware courts, to novel securities fraud prosecutions and RICO defenses in prominent U.S. actions.

Andrew’s work also encompasses sensitive civil claims under statutes like the Adult Survivors Act and Gender Motivated Violence Act, as well as appellate successes in the Second Circuit vacating sentences and habeas denials. In addition, he has handled select family law matters involving substantial assets, demonstrating a sophisticated focus on defending individuals and entities in enforcement-driven, bet-the-company disputes across criminal, securities, corporate, and regulatory arenas.

Andrew clerked for the Honorable Allyne R. Ross of the Eastern District of New York and the Honorable Diana E. Murphy of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Columbia Law School, J.D. 1998

Brown University, B.A. 1994