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Timestamp: 2019-04-18 14:24:52+00:00

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Andrew DePeau, a member the firm's Business Litigation Group, focuses his practice on all aspects of business litigation and dispute resolution. Specifically, he represents clients in the banking, finance, and securities industries and has handled matters involving business torts, breach of contract, bankruptcy and creditors’ rights, and real estate issues.
Andrew represents clients across the country in a variety of business disputes. His litigation experience includes representing clients in federal and state lawsuits, arbitrations, foreclosures, and appeals. He has previously handled class action disputes involving consumer products, tax assessments, and insurance contracts. Andrew obtained a favorable decision on a motion for summary judgment for an investment management company in a commercial foreclosure case. He also successfully moved to preclude an opposing party’s expert witness in a class action tax appeal.
Andrew represents banks, investment management companies, insurance companies, and others in the financial services industry. He has represented investment management companies and their officers against claims of negligence, breach of fiduciary duty, and intentional mismanagement. He has also successfully assisted clients with complying with third-party subpoenas and responding to threats of litigation.
Andrew also represents secured and unsecured creditor clients in bankruptcy and creditors’ rights disputes. His bankruptcy experience has included fraudulent conveyance claims, preference claims, adversary proceedings, and relief from stay disputes. Andrew has handled creditors’ rights disputes, including representing mortgagees in foreclosure proceedings. He successfully obtained a judgment of strict foreclosure for a client in a contested case involving a commercial foreclosure.
Andrew contributes to the firm's Data Privacy + Security Insider blog.
Prior to joining the firm, Andrew was a law clerk for Judge F. Herbert Gruendel of the Connecticut Appellate Court. During law school he was an intern law clerk for the State of Connecticut and two Hartford-based corporations. He was awarded the Bankruptcy Medal of Honor and the Aspen Law and Business Award for Evidence.
In addition to his legal experience, Andrewhas substantial experience in business. Prior to attending law school, he spent eight years working for a successful startup business that conducts investigations of hedge fund managers for banks, large endowments, family offices, and fund-of-funds.
Obtained favorable settlement on behalf of a Connecticut-based investment company in a civil lawsuit brought by a former investor. The plaintiff initially sought six-figure damages. After briefing a motion to dismiss and serving discovery, the plaintiff agreed to a settlement that was a fraction of its initial demand.
Prevailed at the summary judgment stage on breach of contract action brought by our client against a company that refused to pay for goods and services rendered. After fully briefing the issue, the court granted summary judgment and the client was able to avoid the necessity and expense of trial.
After a court hearing, succeeded in foreclosing a large commercial property in South Windsor and obtaining a multi-million dollar deficiency judgment for our distressed investment company client.
Succeeded in obtaining a protective order to avoid subjecting client to burdensome and unnecessary depositions.
Precluded opposing party’s expert witness in a class action tax appeal where we represented a group of Connecticut property owners.
Successfully argued against summary judgment in commercial foreclosure action brought by investment bank client in Connecticut state court.
Briefed and obtained partial summary judgment in high stakes litigation involving a private school in Connecticut.
Selected as a Rising Star to the Connecticut Super Lawyers list in 2017 and 2018.
In the article, Mr. DePeau poses the question of whether a bankruptcy court's permission is required as a condition to sue a member of an official committee of unsecured creditors, a question before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Blixseth v. Brown (In re Yellowstone Mt. Club). He then presents the origins of the Barton Doctrine, its application to bankruptcy cases, the Yellowstone Mountain Club case, and the Ninth Circuit decision. Mr. Depeau concludes with analysis and lessons for practitioners.
Overall, the article reviews the government exception to the automatic stay provision under § 326(a) of the Bankruptcy Code. In more detail, it provides a primer on the government exception, a discussion of the three-factor Brennan test, and an analysis of the Second Circuit's decision in SEC v. Miller.
Business Litigation Group lawyer Andrew A. DePeau wrote the article "Permission to Sue: Applying the Barton Doctrine to Unsecured Creditors' Committee Members," published in the April 2017 issue of the American Bankruptcy Institute Journal (ABI Journal). In the article, Mr. DePeau poses the question of whether a bankruptcy court's permission is required as a condition to sue a member of an official committee of unsecured creditors, a question before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Blixseth v. Brown (In re Yellowstone Mt. Club). He then presents the origins of the Barton Doctrine, its application to bankruptcy cases, the Yellowstone Mountain Club case, and the Ninth Circuit decision. Mr. DePeau concludes with analysis and lessons for practitioners. Please click here to view the entire article.
Business litigation and bankruptcy and creditors' rights lawyers Patrick M. Birney and Andrew A. DePeau wrote the article "Unharnessing the Governmental-Unit Stay Exception: SEC v. Miller" for the May 2016 issue of the American Bankruptcy Institute Journal (ABI Journal). Overall, the article reviews the government exception to the automatic stay provision under § 326(a) of the Bankruptcy Code. In more detail, it provides a primer on the government exception, a discussion of the three-factor Brennan test, and an analysis of the Second Circuit's decision in SEC v. Miller. Please click here for more in-depth information on the topic.
Mr. Birney serves as a contributing editor of the ABI Journal.
Massachusetts, New York, and Florida. The lawyers bring additional breadth to a variety of our practices, including business transactions, environmental and utilities, finance, insurance, labor and employment, litigation, real estate, nonprofit organizations, and trusts and estates. Additionally, the firm is pleased to welcome two recent law school graduates. Read about our new lawyers here.

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