Andrew Levchuk

Biography:

Andy Levchuk is a member of the firm’s Litigation/ADR Department and works in its Springfield and Boston offices. With 24 years of experience with the U.S. Department of Justice, he brings to the firm high-level national experience in corporate ethics and public integrity, as well as data privacy and internet security. His practice focuses on complex civil and criminal litigation, responses to government investigations, and advising clients on corporate compliance in the growing field of state and federal data protection and privacy rights.

At the DOJ, Andy tried cases across the country and argued 30 appellate cases in the United States Courts of Appeals.

Andy is fluent in Russian.

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Related Professional Experience:

Prior to joining the firm, Andy served as Deputy Chief of the Human Rights and Special Prosecutions Section of the Criminal Division of the DOJ. He also served as a senior trial attorney in the division’s Public Integrity Section and Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section. In 2006, he received the Assistant Attorney General’s Award for Intra-Division Cooperation and Special Achievement Award.

Andy has for several years been an instructor at the Lead Investigations Specialist Workshop, offered each year by the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council in Arlington, Virginia.

Andy has attended a Federal Bureau of Investigation residential training course in "Cyber Investigative Techniques and Resources," as well as a course in "Network Investigative Techniques for Agents" at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia. He has also received training in computer forensics and investigating complex online crimes at the National Advocacy Center of the Department of Justice.

Publications:

Author: “Chapter 10: Computer Crime.” American Bar Association Criminal Justice Section: The State of Criminal Justice - 2006 (2007).

Co-author: “Does 9th Circuit’s O’Brien Ruling Pose Threat to SEC Investigations?” National Law Journal, April 23, 1984.

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Representative Experience

Lead prosecutor in the prosecution of former U.S. Congressman Richard Renzi. In 2011, won a landmark legislative immunity decision in United States v. Renzi, 651 F.3d 1012 (9th Cir. 2011)

Chaired the U.S. delegation to the G8 Sub-Group on High-Tech Crime in Moscow (2006) and Berlin (2007)

Served as DOJ Resident Legal Advisor to the Russian Federation at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow (1998-1999)