Andrew LeGrand, P.C.

Prior to joining Kirkland, Andrew was involved in the following representations:

• Trial counsel for the minority owner and former CEO of a well-known pizza brand in a dispute with the majority owner over self-dealing and withheld distributions. After an eight-day trial, a Dallas County jury returned a resounding verdict for the client, awarding $46 million in damages and rejecting every counterclaim asserted by the other side.
• Trial counsel in an age-discrimination case brought in the District of New Jersey by a former sales director against a health care products company. After the week-long trial, the jurors deliberated for less than an hour and returned a unanimous verdict for the client.
• Trial counsel in a receivership dispute in California state court. After a three-day bench trial, the court awarded the client a substantial portion of the relief requested.
• Counsel for a global media company in multiple lawsuits alleging False Claims Act violations in connection with the Universal Service Program for Schools and Libraries.
• Trial counsel for a global media company in Fair Labor Standards Act litigation. Andrew was lead trial counsel in one of the first in-person federal jury trials during the COVID-19 pandemic. At the conclusion of the five-day trial, the jury returned a complete verdict for the client in a matter of minutes.
• Trial counsel for a title insurance and property valuations company involved in trade-secret and attorneys’ fees litigation. Successfully defended the company at trial against a claim for $80 million in attorney’s fees.
• Counsel for a global media company in litigation involving claims of fraudulent overbilling. Andrew persuaded the plaintiff to voluntarily dismiss its claims, without payment from the client.
• Counsel for a highway safety products company in three class actions. Plaintiffs voluntarily dismissed the cases, without payment from the client, after Andrew deposed the class representatives.
• Counsel for a major healthcare organization that defeated class certification in antitrust class actions brought by employees who alleged an information-sharing conspiracy depressed their wages.
• Counsel for a Class I Railroad that defeated class certification in a multibillion-dollar class action brought by rail freight consumers alleging a conspiracy to impose rate-based fuel surcharges.
• Counsel for a technology company that struck class allegations on the pleadings in a consumer-fraud class action filed in Illinois, asserting claims under the Illinois Consumer Fraud Act and for unjust enrichment.

Andrew proudly maintains an active pro bono practice, including:

• Arguing an appeal related to the Texas Religious Freedom Restoration Act, convincing the Third Court of Appeals in Texas to reverse and remand for further proceedings.
• Arguing an appeal of the denial of habeas relief to a Wisconsin state prisoner denied his Sixth Amendment right to represent himself at trial, convincing the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals to grant habeas relief.
• Arguing a direct criminal appeal, convincing the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals to reverse a conviction for structuring transactions, and persuading the U.S. Attorney’s Office on remand to drop all charges.
• Arguing a prisoner’s rights appeal in the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, convincing the court to reinstate the plaintiff’s pro se complaint and to instruct the district court to recruit pro bono counsel on remand.
• Filing multiple amicus briefs in the Supreme Court of the United States and in federal Courts of Appeal.