Andrew H. Marks is a partner in both the firm's Litigation Group and Insurance/Reinsurance Group and co-chairs Crowell & Moring's E-Discovery Team. He is resident in the Washington, D.C. office and is a member of the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Florida bars.

Andy has a broad-based complex litigation and arbitration practice. Among the wide range of matters he has handled in recent years are business fraud, fiduciary duty, corporate governance, civil rights, defamation, commercial real estate, and insurance coverage cases. He also has considerable experience with disputes involving law firms and departed/departing partners. Andy regularly handles matters at both the trial and appellate levels in federal as well as state courts throughout the country. In addition, he has extensive experience, both as a neutral and as counsel, in both arbitration and mediation proceedings. Mr. Marks was selected by his peers to be included in The Best Lawyers In America 2011 as a "Best Lawyer" in the practice areas of alternative dispute resolution, commercial litigation, First Amendment law and international arbitration.

Andy is a past president of the District of Columbia Bar, the nation's second largest state bar association. He is currently a member of the District of Columbia Access to Justice Commission and is on the board of the D.C. Circuit Historical Society.

In 2005, Andy received the Judge Learned Hand Award from the American Jewish Committee in recognition of his "dedication to the highest principles of the legal profession and his outstanding contributions to the enrichment of our community." He was also awarded the 2005 Servant of Justice Award by the Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia.

Andy is a 1973 cum laude graduate of Harvard College and a 1976 magna cum laude graduate of the University of Michigan Law School. At Michigan, he was a member of the Order of the Coif and an Associate Editor and then the Managing Editor of the Michigan Law Review. Following graduation from Michigan, Andy clerked on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia for the Honorable Charles R. Richey. Between 1979 and 1981, he served as Executive Assistant to Ambassador Sol M. Linowitz, the President's Personal Representative to the Middle East Peace Negotiations.

Education
Harvard University, A.B., 1973 - cum laude
University of Michigan Law School, J.D., 1976 - magna cum laude

Affiliations
Admitted to practice: District of Columbia, Maryland, Florida

Publications
"Can I Plead The Fifth?," Inside Document Magazine (May/June 2009). Co-Authors: Andrew H. Marks and David E. Bell.

"District of Columbia," Business Torts: A Fifty-State Guide, Aspen (2006). Co-Authors: David M. Schnorrenberg, Andrew H. Marks, and David K. Osei.

"Remedies in Business Torts Litigation," Business Torts Litigation, 2nd ed., ABA (2005). Co-Authors: Andrew H. Marks and John L. Murino.