Andrew S. Boutros is firmwide co-chair of Shook’s Government Investigations and White Collar Practice. He leads teams of attorneys in high-stakes trials, investigations, white collar matters, regulatory and securities enforcement disputes, and complex litigations. Andrew’s practice also extends to crisis management response, strategic counseling and compliance-related work. Andrew is a former federal prosecutor in the Financial Crimes and Special Prosecutions Section of the Chicago U.S. Attorney’s Office. As a federal prosecutor, Andrew handled hundreds of matters, briefed and argued appeals to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, and tried or prepped dozens of cases for trial. Over the course of his public service career, Andrew first-chaired a number of high-profile cases of national and international significance, which the Chicago Sun-Times described in a profile of him as “some of the toughest, most sophisticated cases at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse.”
A deeply active member of the legal community, Andrew has been a Lecturer in Law at the University of Chicago Law School every year since 2011, where he teaches a course on corporate criminal prosecutions and investigations. Among his leadership and board activities, Andrew is a co-founder and national co-chair of the American Bar Association’s Criminal Justice Section Global Anti-Corruption Committee, a past board member of the International Association of Independent Corporate Monitors, and a member of the Chicago Crime Commission. He was also a voting member of the ABA’s Criminal Justice Section Council, the governing body of the Section with its more than 16,000 members. Before that, he was a special advisor to the Council.
Andrew has authored nearly 150 articles, thought pieces and book chapters. He has also published two books on white collar law: the first on compliance with the American Bar Association and the second with Oxford University Press on global anti-corruption. Andrew has chaired and organized various legal programs and presented at 85 domestic and international programs. His presentations have ranged from the FCPA, international corruption, white collar criminal defense, government enforcement, customs and antidumping duty fraud to international and trade fraud, food fraud, supply chain integrity, corporate social responsibility, human trafficking and other related topics.
Andrew’s successes have earned him recognition from the government, law enforcement and legal communities.
