Greg Andres

Like Weissmann, Greg Andres (University of Chicago ’95) spent his early career tussling with organized crime in New York; he was apparently good enough at it that the mob plotted to assassinate him. Unlike many of Mueller’s agents, Andres has spent much of his career in white-collar criminal defense at New York firm Davis Polk & Wardell, working in cases involving insider trading, tax fraud, and money laundering, and has received several prominent legal awards. He also worked a two-year stint overseeing the fraud unit at the Justice Department from 2010 to 2012. Andres is married to U.S. district judge Ronnie Abrams, who before Andres’ appointment had been presiding over a lawsuit alleging President Trump had violated the Constitution’s emoluments clause by continuing to profit from his private business holdings while in office. Abrams recused herself from the case when Andres joined Mueller’s team.