Andrea Surratt
Overview
Andrea Surratt is the managing partner of Crowell & Moring’s Denver office and is a member of the firm’s White Collar and Regulatory Enforcement Group and the Investigations Practice.
Drawing on her extensive background as a former federal prosecutor, Andrea brings both extensive trial experience and strategic counsel to every client engagement, navigating high-stakes criminal and civil government investigations, enforcement actions, regulatory matters, and sensitive internal investigations for institutions and individuals.
A first-chair trial and appellate lawyer, Andrea served more than a decade as federal prosecutor, holding supervisory and leadership roles in both the Southern District of New York and the District of Colorado United States Attorney’s Offices. Andrea was lead counsel on, or supervised, investigations and prosecutions related to fraud, money laundering, national security, cybersecurity, tax evasion, health care fraud, narcotics trafficking, gambling, and digital assets.
Career & Education
- Department of Justice: United States Attorneys' Office
District of Colorado (2017–2024)
Assistant U.S. Attorney, Cybercrime and National Security Section, 2017–2024
Digital Currency Coordinator/Digital Asset Coordinator, 2017–2024
Senior Litigation Counsel, 2020–2022
Southern District of New York (2010–2017)
Chief, Narcotics Unit, 2016–2017
Regional Director, Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force, 2016–2017
- Department of Justice: United States Attorneys' Office
- University of Virginia School of Law, J.D.
- University of Texas at Austin, B.B.A. Finance & B.A. Economics
- Colorado
- New York
- District of Columbia
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
- Virginia (Inactive)
- United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, New York, NY, 2009
- Member, Colorado Women’s Bar Association
Andrea's Insights
Client Alert | 3 min read | 01.13.26
Colorado Judge Quashes DOJ Gender-Related Care Subpoena
On January 5, 2026, District of Colorado Magistrate Judge Cyrus Chung issued a recommendation that the district court grant a motion to quash a Department of Justice (DOJ) administrative subpoena that sought records about the provision of gender-related care by Children’s Hospital Colorado (Children’s) in In re: Department of Justice Administrative Subpoena No. 25-1431-030, U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, No. 1:25-mc-00063. The court concluded that the DOJ had failed to carry its “light” burden, noting that no other courts that had considered the more than 20 similar subpoenas issued by DOJ had ruled in the DOJ’s favor.
Client Alert | 6 min read | 11.19.25
Client Alert | 4 min read | 08.29.25
Gender-Affirming Care Targeted for Potential False Claims Act Enforcement
Recognition
- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement: Director’s Award for Protecting the Homeland, 2023
- HSI Denver: Team Award – Cyber and Emerging Technologies, 2023
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security: Secretary’s Award, 2023
- U.S. Department of Justice: Director’s Award, 2018
- U.S. Federal Drug Agents Foundation: True American Hero Award, 2016
Andrea's Insights
Client Alert | 3 min read | 01.13.26
Colorado Judge Quashes DOJ Gender-Related Care Subpoena
On January 5, 2026, District of Colorado Magistrate Judge Cyrus Chung issued a recommendation that the district court grant a motion to quash a Department of Justice (DOJ) administrative subpoena that sought records about the provision of gender-related care by Children’s Hospital Colorado (Children’s) in In re: Department of Justice Administrative Subpoena No. 25-1431-030, U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, No. 1:25-mc-00063. The court concluded that the DOJ had failed to carry its “light” burden, noting that no other courts that had considered the more than 20 similar subpoenas issued by DOJ had ruled in the DOJ’s favor.
Client Alert | 6 min read | 11.19.25
Client Alert | 4 min read | 08.29.25
Gender-Affirming Care Targeted for Potential False Claims Act Enforcement
Insights
Veteran Federal Prosecutor Joins Crowell & Moring In Denver
|03.04.24
PLI’s Internal Investigations 2024
|06.27.24
"Ethics of Pool Counsel Representation," ABA Annual Meeting
|08.2023
Cryptocurrency, FFA
|06.2023
"New to Federal Practice," Faculty of Federal Advocates, FFA
|03.2023
"Emerging Threats in Cryptocurrency and Cybercrime," InfraGuard
|08.2019
"Money Laundering and Cryptocurrency Investigations, Enforcement, and Regulation for Law Enforcement and Judiciary," Lusaka, Zambia
|08.2018, 04.2019
"Plea Bargaining for Prosecutors and Judiciary," Budva, Montenegro
|05.2015
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11.24.25
Crowell & Moring’s Government Contracts Legal Forum
Andrea's Insights
Client Alert | 3 min read | 01.13.26
Colorado Judge Quashes DOJ Gender-Related Care Subpoena
On January 5, 2026, District of Colorado Magistrate Judge Cyrus Chung issued a recommendation that the district court grant a motion to quash a Department of Justice (DOJ) administrative subpoena that sought records about the provision of gender-related care by Children’s Hospital Colorado (Children’s) in In re: Department of Justice Administrative Subpoena No. 25-1431-030, U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, No. 1:25-mc-00063. The court concluded that the DOJ had failed to carry its “light” burden, noting that no other courts that had considered the more than 20 similar subpoenas issued by DOJ had ruled in the DOJ’s favor.
Client Alert | 6 min read | 11.19.25
Client Alert | 4 min read | 08.29.25
Gender-Affirming Care Targeted for Potential False Claims Act Enforcement
