Overview
Andrew Keyes has wide-ranging experience in a variety of commercial litigation and professional liability matters. As lead counsel, he has represented nationally known law firms and financial services companies, Fortune 500 corporations and a foreign government, in complex disputes before state and federal courts, arbitrators and appellate panels throughout the U.S. These matters have included commercial disputes, consumer class actions, trade secret litigation, professional malpractice cases, federal agency investigations and plaintiffs’ litigation. As lead trial counsel for plaintiffs, he has obtained judgments for his clients in excess of $300 million and defeated counterclaims in excess of $500 million.
After clerking for Judge Karen LeCraft Henderson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, Andy joined Williams & Connolly in 1995. He has been a partner since 2003, and is a former member of the firm’s Hiring Committee.
A native of Arlington, Virginia, Andy has served on the board of directors of several nonprofit organizations. He has served on the boards of the Arlington Street People’s Assistance Network (A-SPAN), which provides services to homeless individuals, and AHC, Inc., which develops and maintains affordable housing. He lives in Arlington with his wife, Cathleen, and their four children.