Justice Andrew Borrok is a Justice of the New York County Commercial Division of the New York State Supreme Court. He obtained his B.A. from Columbia College, Columbia University, his J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center, and his M.B.A. from Columbia Business School.
By administrative order, Andrew presides over all cases in New York County involving alleged violations of the Securities Act of 1933 (the first Justice of the Commercial Division to receive that designation). He also presides over and has extensive experience handling other high-profile billion and multi-million dollar commercial class actions, shareholder derivative actions, and cases involving foreign law, administrative law, business torts, contract disputes, complex employment compensation litigation, accounting and legal malpractice claims, insurance coverage declaratory actions, and real property disputes.
By appointment of New York State Court of Appeals Chief Judge Rowan D. Wilson, Andrew also serves on the Advisory Council to the Commercial Division which is dedicated to improving the Commercial Division practices and policies for judges and practitioners alike.
Prior to taking the bench, Andrew was a business lawyer doing complex structured finance, real estate financing, corporate, partnership and private equity work. He has extensive knowledge and understanding of transaction documents in acquisition, disposition, financing and joint venture agreements. He began his legal career at Proskauer Rose LLP, was Of Counsel at Arent Fox LLP, was General Counsel to a partnership that owned real estate, and also worked in the investment banking department at Bear Stearns.
Andrew has been actively involved in the community, including having served on the Board of the Mt. Sinai Hospital and Citymeals-on-Wheels.
He is admitted to practice in New York (1997), the District of Columbia (2014) and Hawaii (2013) state courts. He is also admitted to practice in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (2003), the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii (2013) and the United States Supreme Court (2008).