
EDUCATION
- J.D., University of Michigan Law School, Class of 2008
- B.A., University of Texas at Austin, Class of 2004
SELECT PUBLICATIONS
- Alll For One Or One For All? - The Continued Debate Over Sentencing Uniformity And The Sentencing Guidelines, American Bar Association Criminal Justice Section, “The State of Criminal Justice. Jan 1, 2012.
- One Book, Two Sentences: Ex Post Facto Considerations of the One-Book Rule after United States v. Kumar, American Journal of Criminal Law, Vol. 39, No. 2, Spring 2012.
- Art Law cases handled as an Assistant United States Attorney:
- United States v. Eric Spoutz (https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/michigan-art-dealer-sentenced-more-3-years-prison-defrauding-collectors-145-million)
- United States v. John Re (https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/east-hampton-man-pleads-guilty-manhattan-federal-court-fraudulent-sales-purported)
- In re Stolen Stradivarius (https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/manhattan-us-attorney-and-fbi-announce-return-stolen-stradivarius-violin-heirs-musician)
- In re The Holy Trinity Appearing to Saint Clement by Giambattista Tiepolo (https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/manhattan-deputy-us-attorney-and-fbi-assistant-director-announce-return-italy-painting)
About Andrew Adams:
Andrew Adams, a New York partner at Steptoe, advises clients in the areas of government and internal investigations, corporate governance, and white collar and regulatory matters. His practice includes a particular focus on anti-money laundering compliance, U.S. economic countermeasures and national security crisis response, drawing on Andrew’s time as the inaugural Director of the Department of Justice's Task Force KleptoCapture, a multi-agency response group focused on the economic sanctions and export controls imposed in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
- Art Law cases supervised as Co-Chief of the Money Laundering and Transnational Criminal Enterprises Unit:
- In re Deux Femmes Dans Un Jardin by Pierre Auguste Renoir (https://mjhnyc.org/blog/geoffrey-bermans-remarks-renoir-restitution-ceremony/)
- Return of artwork to Ukraine In re An Amorous Couple by Pierre Louis Goudreaux (https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/manhattan-us-attorney-announces-action-recover-ukrainian-painting-looted-nazis)
- In re A Scholar Sharpening His Quill by Salomon Koninck (https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/manhattan-us-attorney-announces-return-its-rightful-owners-old-master-painting-stolen)
- United States v. DiMarco (https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/florida-man-sentenced-4-years-prison-fraudulent-acquisition-valuable-artworks-using)
- United States v. Pareda (https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/seller-forged-basquiats-and-harings-arrested-fraud-charges)
- United States v. Douglas Latchford (https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/antiquities-dealer-charged-trafficking-looted-cambodian-artifacts)