Overview

Andy Langan has broad experience as litigation and trial counsel in a variety of commercial, antitrust, and products liability cases including class actions. He has been principal counsel to major corporate clients in high-stakes class actions alleging violations of the antitrust laws, as well as class actions alleging products liability, mass tort and breach of warranty. Andy has also been principal counsel in high-profile merger investigations and related litigation. He has tried, as lead counsel, seven jury trials, and has been involved in numerous other contested proceedings and appeals.

"Simply a supersmart lawyer" with "an extraordinary range of experience organizing, managing and leading large defense cases," he is “the guy you want in your corner" says Chambers USA. Andy was selected as one of Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business in Water Quality in 2004 and Antitrust from 2003–2015. The Legal 500 U.S. recognized Andy for Environment: Litigation (2017–2021) and Energy Litigation: Oil and Gas (2020–2021).

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Recognition

Recognized by Best Lawyers® for Litigation – Antitrust, 2011–2024

Memberships & Affiliations

Past President, Seventh Circuit Bar Association

Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2008Texas
  • 1982Illinois

Courts

  • Supreme Court of Illinois1982
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit1982
  • United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois1983
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit1988
  • United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Trial Bar1989
  • United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois1990
  • United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois1990
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit1990
  • Supreme Court of the United States1993
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit1993
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit1994
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit1994
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit1994

Education

  • Harvard Law SchoolJ.D.cum laude1982
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignA.B.summa cum laude1979