Justice Andrew Borrok 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.
He is a Justice of the New York County Commercial Division of the New York State Supreme Court. By administrative order, he 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 with 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.
Prior to taking the bench, Andrew was a business lawyer doing complex structured finance, real estate financing, corporate, partnership and private equity work. 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 extensive knowledge and understanding of transaction documents in acquisition, disposition, financing, and joint venture agreements.
Andrew also has been actively involved in the community, including having served on the Board of the Mt. Sinai Hospital and City meals-on-Wheels.