Andrew V. Tramont specializes in representing major insurance companies, Fortune 500 companies, and investors.



ANDREW V. TRAMONT is a member of both the Florida and New York Bars who represents major insurance companies and Fortune 500 companies in state and federal courts throughout the United States. He also represents investors against brokers and broker-dealers in securities litigation and FINRA (formerly “NASD”) arbitrations nationwide. He is listed “AV” by Martindale Hubbell’s lawyer rating service, which is its highest designation.

Over his thirty-plus years of practice, Mr. Tramont has successfully represented individuals, companies and financial institutions on both the plaintiff and defense side, securing verdicts in numerous multi-million dollar actions. Most recently, he obtained a $14.5 Million verdict in the Federal District Court in Gulfport, Mississippi on behalf of a client against the accounting firm, Ernst & Young, after a month long jury trial. That judgment was affirmed on appeal by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. In another case, his client, an elderly investor, recovered $3 Million from Citigroup/Smith Barney after an eight day FINRA arbitration hearing in San Francisco, California. His work on behalf of the Firm's insurance company clients includes representation in connection with coverage disputes, surety bond claims, directors and officers liability issues, first-party claims and claims arising under errors and omissions and fidelity policies. Mr. Tramont has also represented plaintiffs and defendants in major property and casualty litigation arising from hurricane disasters, obtaining verdicts for those clients at the trial and appellate levels. He is a co-author of the National Business Institute's treatise, "An In-Depth Analysis of Insurance Coverage Options in Florida," published in 2005, and has lectured on insurance law at continuing legal education seminars.

In addition, Mr. Tramont represents public and private companies in employment discrimination cases, and has successfully defended wrongful termination actions in federal and state court involving claims of gender, disability and racial bias. A former law clerk for the Chief Judge of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of New York, Mr. Tramont has represented insurance companies and other financial institutions in large bankruptcy cases throughout the country. He is a co-author of "Fundamentals of Bankruptcy Law and Procedure," published by the National Business Institute in 1993 and 1997, and "Florida Foreclosure and Repossession," published in 2002.

Mr. Tramont is a member of the United States District Court and Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida, including the Trial Bar, the Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of New York, and a number of United States Courts of Appeals. He currently serves as co-chair of the Florida Bar’s Judicial Administration and Evaluation Committee, and he formerly sat on the Florida Bar’s Grievance Committee. He is a graduate of Hobart College (B.A., 1976) and University at Buffalo (J.D., 1979). He is active in the pro bono area, representing indigent litigants in conjunction with the Dade County Volunteer Lawyers and Federal Court Volunteer Lawyers Project for the Southern District of Florida.


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