Andrew Orenstein | New York Litigation Lawyer

Mr. Orenstein is a member of Harris Beach PLLC and practices in the Mass Torts and Industry-Wide Litigation and the Insurance Litigation and Product Liability Defense Practice Groups.  He also serves on the Municipalities and Local Agencies Industry Team.  Mr. Orenstein is an experienced trial attorney who focuses his legal practice primarily in the areas of complex torts and toxic tort litigation, products liability and general commercial litigation.  Mr. Orenstein has litigated and tried cases in defense of municipalities and product manufacturers in courtrooms across New York state.  He represents financial institutions and borrowers in commercial litigation and a large chain retailer in a variety of litigation matters.  He oversees the preparation of cases for trial, including the cultivation of expert witnesses and the litigation of complex Frye and Daubert issues.

Position	Organization	Location	Duration
Senior Counsel/Trial Attorney	New York City Law Department, Office of the Corporation Counsel		N/A

School	Degree	Major	Graduation
Beasley School of Law, Temple University	Juris Doctorate	Law School	1996
Brandeis University	B.A. Cum Laude		1992

State / Court
New Jersey State Bar Association
New York State Bar Association
United States District Court, Eastern District of New York
United States District Court, New Jersey
United States District Court, Southern District of New York

• Mr. Orenstien is a member of the Defense Research Institute and the American Bar Association.
  
  Mr. Orenstein has also served as a faculty member of the PLI Municipal Law Institute in 2001
  
  Mr. Orenstein was an instructor for the Jury Selection Seminar for the Trial Advocacy Training Program in 2000

• Mr. Orenstein has extensive trial experience in defense of matters including premises liability, roadway design litigation, excessive force claims and other complex actions brought against a wide spectrum of New York City agencies, including the Department of Housing Preservation and Development, Health and Hospitals Corporation, Board of Education, New York City Police Department and Fire Department of the City of New York. -Kang Kim v. City of New York, a roadway design case that Mr. Orenstein handled at trial.

• -Harris Beach Legal Alert regarding the decision by the Appellate Division
  -“Increased liability from Emergency Action Plans”
  
  -Co-Author of the Following Articles
     - "PCBs from A to Z: A Re-Emerging Toxic Tort Concern," DRI For The     Defense
     - “PCBs: The inside story and what building owners and property managers must address,” New York Real Estate Journal
     -“PCBs in Indoor Air – Building a Firewall in Litigation”

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