Andrews Kurth Adds Partner to Head White Collar Practice in NY

NEW YORK – AmLaw 100-ranked Andrews Kurth announced today that white collar trial attorney Edward “Ted” E. Groves has joined the firm as a partner and to head the firm’s national Corporate Compliance, Investigations and Defense practice in the New York office. Groves will provide Andrews Kurth’s clients with a broad range of assistance regarding pending and proposed state and federal criminal charges, multifaceted internal corporate investigations, document and witness inquiries, and complex tax and accounting issues.

“We are fortunate to have a lawyer of Ted’s caliber coming aboard,” said Lynne M. Fischman Uniman, Deputy Managing Partner of the firm’s New York office. “He is an experienced and well-regarded former prosecutor for both the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office and US Department of Justice, based in Washington, DC.”

Groves’ previous experience includes work as Special Assistant United States Attorney in the United States Attorney’s Office, District of Arizona from 1997 to 2005. He practiced as a trial attorney in the United States Department of Justice Tax Division, Criminal Enforcement Section in the US District Courts of Arizona, Hawaii and Western United States from 1996 to 2005. Groves also was Assistant District Attorney for the New York County District Attorney’s Office (Manhattan) from 1990 to 1996.

“I am honored to be joining Andrews Kurth with its outstanding history and resources,” said Groves. “With nine national and international offices and a history dating back to 1902, Andrews Kurth is well-positioned to serve both individual and corporate clients with its growing Corporate Compliance, Investigations and Defense practice.”

Groves received his LL.M. in Taxation and J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center in 2001 and 1990, respectively. Groves graduated from Arizona State University with a B.S. in 1985. He is a member of the bars of New York, Connecticut, Maryland, Arizona, and the District of Columbia, as well as the American Bar Association and the Association of the Bar of the City of New York.

“We are very pleased to have Ted joining us,” said Spencer Barasch, head of Andrews Kurth’s national Corporate Compliance, Investigations and Defense practice. “He brings a sophisticated white collar criminal defense capability to the New York office and further enhances the firm’s ability to serve our clients in matters of corporate defense.”

For more than a century, Andrews Kurth LLP has built its practice on the belief that “straight talk is good business.” Real answers, clear vision and mutual respect define the firm’s relationships with clients, colleagues, communities and employees. With more than 400 lawyers and offices in Austin, Beijing, Dallas, Houston, London, Los Angeles, New York, The Woodlands and Washington, DC, Andrews Kurth represents a wide array of clients in all areas of business law. For more information about Andrews Kurth, please visit andrewskurth.com.