Richard G. Andrews

Richard Gibson Andrews (born December 22, 1955) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. He is a former Delaware state prosecutor and assistant United States attorney.

Early life and education Andrews earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Haverford College in 1977 and a Juris Doctor from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law in 1981. From 1981 until 1982, Andrews served as a law clerk for Judge Collins J. Seitz on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

Career From 1983 until 2006, Andrews worked as an assistant United States attorney for the District of Delaware. The judge “reluctantly” distributed the significant assets remaining in the vault according to labels the proprietor had applied to open boxes of coins, overruling a more equitable plan proposed by the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The judge’s plan caused variable distributions to victims— greater than 90% to some compared to less than 13% for others— which the judge noted was “simpler.” Victims submitted impact statements describing hardship from losses of retirement, educational and life savings, which Judge Andrews ordered distributed to other claimants In an inequitable manner.