Andrew Clubok is the Global Chair of Latham & Watkins’ Securities Litigation & Professional Liability Practice. Based in the firm’s Washington, D.C., and New York offices, he is one of the country’s leading lawyers for complex, bet-the-company securities and other complex litigation matters.
One of the most respected trial lawyers in the country, Andrew has a remarkable career that few litigators can match. With three decades of experience and a string of high-profile victories, he is a go-to litigator for some of the world’s biggest companies. Andrew has obtained complete defense verdicts and/or dismissals of dozens of class actions, derivative lawsuits, and arbitrations.
Andrew’s recent trial work includes winning a more than $1 billion judgment in favor of UBS in a breach of contract/fraud suit against Highland Capital Management and its related funds, defeating the first-ever litigated automotive emissions recall case for Toyota, obtaining a jury award of $16 million in damages on behalf of Toptal while defeating claims of over $200 million brought against the company; achieving a $2.4 million jury trial win for Touradji Capital Management following a $90 million trial loss handled by other counsel. Andrew also won a jury verdict rejecting over 95% of a $1.3 billion claim brought against Puma Biotechnology, in one of only a handful of securities fraud cases over the last 20 years to go to jury verdict. and won a precedent-setting victory after a five-week trial in a Voting Rights Act case that restored voting power to minority communities.
Andrew has also achieved a series of transformative pre-trial victories for such marquee clients as Meta, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, fuboTV, Peloton, Verizon, General Motors, Raytheon, Twitter/X, Teva, Carvana, PMI, and Peloton. He has won dismissal of one of the largest securities class actions ever filed, as well as achieving a dismissal that is now essentially the blueprint for high-demand-due-to-pandemic securities matters. Andrew is at the forefront of litigation and regulatory matters in cutting-edge areas of law, including representing multiple household-name clients in the various litigation brought by FTX investors stemming from their promotion of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange.
Andrew is consistently recognized by top legal publications as a leading trial lawyer. He is ranked as a top practitioner in Securities Litigation by Chambers USA and The Legal 500 US and is named a Top 100 Trial Lawyer, Litigation Star, and National Practice Area Star by Benchmark Litigation. Andrew has also been named a 2020 Law360 MVP for Trials and a 2012 Law360 MVP for Securities. The American Lawyer frequently recognizes Andrew as a Litigator of the Week for his repeated successes representing clients in their most high-profile, high stakes matters.
Updated Sep 2024
