Andrew Finkelstein

Andrew Finkelstein is an American trial attorney. He is the managing partner of Finkelstein & Partners, LLP, and of Jacoby & Meyers, LLP. He also leads several affiliated plaintiffs' law firms in New York and Massachusetts. In 2025, he became the 58th president of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association (NYSTLA). He was involved in Jacoby & Meyers, LLP v. Presiding Justices, a federal lawsuit challenging New York's prohibition on non-lawyer investment in law firms.

Early life and education Finkelstein received a Bachelor of Science degree from Syracuse University and Juris Doctor from Brooklyn Law School, graduating in 1991.

Career Law practice Finkelstein is the managing partner of Finkelstein & Partners, LLP, a personal injury firm based in Newburgh, New York, which employs approximately 350 people. His practice has focused on representing plaintiffs in wrongful death and catastrophic personal injury cases. Finkelstein said the firm's decision to litigate was made due to a lack of confidence in the bodies responsible for revising attorney ethics. In 2015, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit remanded the firm's previously dismissed challenge, permitting it to amend its complaint to contest additional provisions of New York law, barring non-lawyer investments. Finkelstein was lead plaintiff in the Second Circuit case, Jacoby & Meyers, LLP v. Presiding Justices (2017), and subsequently spoke on alternative business structures for law firms at the American Bar Association's 2018 National Legal Malpractice Conference. The civil suit, filed in 2021, was settled in February 2026 on undisclosed terms shortly before trial.

Publications Finkelstein, Andrew; Lunham, Sarah (2022). I Hope We Never Meet: Client Stories of Tragedy, Recovery, and Accountability from a Life in Deterrence Law. Lioncrest Publishing.