Andrew C. Porter

Since his return to private practice in 2014, Andrew has:

• Convinced the Department of Justice to forego prosecution in a tax fraud investigation involving claimed unreported income of over $1,000,000.
• Prevailed on all counts in a week-long bench trial representing a defendant facing multiple felonies.
• Represented multiple entities and individuals in grand jury proceedings without charges being brought.
• Conducted several internal investigations for public and private entities.
• Served as lead trial lawyer in a $10M+ fraud action that settled immediately prior to trial.
• Served as lead trial lawyer in multiple, ongoing trade secrets, breach of contract, and civil fraud actions across the United States.

While an assistant U.S. attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois, Andrew:

• Led the investigation and highly publicized prosecution of more than 100 Chicago Latin King gang members and their associates. Gang members were convicted of crimes including racketeering, extortion, murder and drug trafficking.
• Oversaw the investigation and prosecution of an executive convicted of wire fraud and perjury for his sale of almost $1 million in fraudulent securities to multiple suburban Chicago investors.
• Oversaw the investigation and prosecution two executives of a home health care company convicted of health care fraud.
• Oversaw the investigation and prosecution of an auto executive convicted of mail and wire fraud in connection with the $11 million purchase of an auto dealership in Gurnee, Illinois. The case was built on both covert and open communications with people associated with the accused, as well as a concrete understanding of industry regulations.
• Worked on the prosecution of former Chicago Alderman Edward Vrdolyak, who was convicted of wire and mail fraud in connection with the multimillion-dollar sale of property in Chicago.
• Worked on the prosecution of multiple executives of a publicly traded distributor of wire and cable products convicted of securities fraud in connection with a more than $20 million accounting fraud designed to artificially inflate the company’s financial records.
• Worked on the prosecution of City of Chicago building inspectors convicted of receiving bribes in exchange for consideration in the enforcement of the Chicago Building Code, a government corruption case.