Andrew W. Vail is a litigator, and even though he is one of Jenner & Block’s youngest partners, he has significant litigation experience in both federal and state courts.  Mr. Vail counsels clients on complex business litigation matters, including antitrust, contract, partnership, securities, bankruptcy, non-competition, professional responsibility and real estate matters.  He also has extensive experience representing clients in internal corporate and government investigations.  He speaks and/or testifies nationally, including before several legislative bodies, on issues relating to reforms in the justice system and legal ethics.  Mr. Vail is a member of Jenner & Block’s Complex Commercial Litigation, Antitrust and Real Estate Litigation Practice Groups.  He serves on the Firm’s Pro Bono and Alumni Committees.

Mr. Vail has practiced at Jenner & Block his entire professional career, coming to the Firm after graduating from law school with honors in 2003.  As an associate at Jenner & Block, Mr. Vail was awarded the Chicago Bar Association and Chicago Bar Foundation’s Exceptional Young Lawyer Award.  In 2009, he became a member of the Trial Bar of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.  Mr. Vail is a member of the Illinois Supreme Court Committee on Jury Instructions, originally appointed to the Committee by the Illinois Supreme Court in 2009.

Some of Mr. Vail’s most recent work includes serving as one of the team leaders in the representation of Anton Valukas as the court-appointed Examiner in the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy case; representing Firm clients in the pending Tribune Company bankruptcy proceedings; preparing submissions to and representing clients at interviews by state and federal agencies, including the Securities Exchange Commission and Department of Justice; acting as lead counsel for a developer of property in Wrigleyville in state court litigation that settled after successful litigation on behalf of the developer.

Mr. Vail has been recognized for his commitment to the Chicago community, pro bono legal representation and the organized bar.  Among other awards and recognitions, in 2008 he received the Albert E. Jenner, Jr. Pro Bono Award in recognition of his active and wide-ranging pro bono practice.