Andrew Amer is a litigation partner with the firm of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP.  He represents clients in a wide range of commercial litigation, with particular emphasis on reinsurance and insurance-related coverage disputes.  He received his undergraduate degree in engineering from Cornell University and his law degree from the University of Pennsylvania, where he was an editor of the Law Review.

Mr. Amer has served in the role of national coordinating counsel for various insurers with respect to insurance and reinsurance issues.  He has represented insurers in a number of direct insurance coverage actions involving asbestos, pollution, nuclear radiation and other mass tort claims, as well as a number of significant reinsurance coverage arbitrations and lawsuits against domestic and foreign reinsurers, including Cigna Re (52 F.3d 1194) and Unigard (79 N.Y.2d 576; 4 F.3d 1049).  With respect to reinsurance arbitrations, Mr. Amer has represented both ceding insurers and reinsurers in over 25 arbitrations (most of which went to award), including a number of high profile reinsurance disputes arising out of the worker's compensation carve-out market (involving the largest California worker's compensation insurer and participants in the Unicover Pool).  Mr. Amer has been a frequent speaker at numerous insurance and reinsurance coverage seminars, and has contributed to the treatise Modern Reinsurance Law and Practice (Glasser Legal Works 2000).

Mr. Amer was recognized as a leading lawyer in insurance dispute resolution in the 2011 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business.  He was also recognized as a litigation star in the 2012 edition of Benchmark Litigation for nationwide insurance law and New York local firms.  He is a member of the firm’s Insurance and Reinsurance Practice, which received the Award for Excellence in Insurance by Chambers & Partners in 2009. 

Mr. Amer is admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Southern and Eastern Districts; the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Seventh, Ninth and District of Columbia Circuits and the U.S. Supreme Court.  He is a member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York and the American Bar Association (where he co-chaired the Reinsurance Subcommittee).

Honors/Associations

•	Association of the Bar of the City of New York
•	American Bar Association
•	AIDA Reinsurance and Insurance Arbitration Society, ARIAS·U.S.

Publications

•	The Standard of Materiality for Misrepresentations Under New York Insurance Law - A State of Unwarranted Confusion
•	Insurance Law Alert, November 2011
•	Supreme Court Finds the Discover Bank Rule Preempted by FAA
•	The Japan Quake: How Should Insurers Respond When Cracks In The Supply Chain Lead To Contingent Business Interruption Claims?
•	The Supreme Court Considers Whether the FAA Preempts State Court Decision Holding Class Arbitration Waiver Unenforceable
•	Delaware Court of Chancery Arbitration Provides Option for Delaware Parties to Resolve Disputes with Foreign Counterparties
•	The Supreme Court Holds That Arbitrators, Not Courts, May Decide Challenges To The Enforceability Of Stand-Alone Arbitration Agreements
•	The Supreme Court Vacates Arbitrators' Decision Allowing Class Arbitration Based Solely On Arbitrators' Own Policy Views
•	The Supreme Court Examines Whether Courts Must Decide the Enforceability of Arbitration Clauses Challenged as Unconscionable
•	The Supreme Court Considers Whether Class Arbitration is Permitted When the Arbitration Clause is Silent on the Issue
•	Two Federal Bills Regulating Reinsurance Are Proposed
•	The Supreme Court Allows Non-Signatories to Arbitration Agreements to Seek to Stay Claims under the Federal Arbitration Act
•	The Supreme Court Adopts Broader View of Federal Jurisdiction to Hear Motions to Compel Arbitration under the Federal Arbitration Act
•	The Supreme Court Hears Argument Concerning the Ability of Non-Signatories to Arbitration Agreements to Stay Claims under the Federal Arbitration Act
•	The Supreme Court Considers the Extent of Federal Subject Matter Jurisdiction Under the FAA
•	Developments In New York Insurance Law: New York Joins States That Require Prejudice To Insurers For Disclaimer of Coverage Based on Late Notice; Allows Direct Actions Against Insurers
•	The Supreme Court Rules Against TV’s “Judge Alex,” Finding That an Agreement to Arbitrate Trumps State Administrative Process
•	New York Allows Consequential Damages Claims Against Commercial Insurers Outside Of Policy Limits
•	Supreme Court Hears Argument in its Second Significant Arbitration Case this Term
•	In Re Liquidation of Integrity Insurance Company: Cutting Off the “Long-Tail” of IBNR Claims
•	United States Supreme Court Strengthens Standards Enforcing Due Process Limitations on Punitive Damage Awards
•	Reinsurance Issues Arising from Mass Tort Settlements
•	Reinsurance Arbitration

Admissions

•	New York 1987
•	U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York 1988
•	U.S. District Court Southern District of New York 1988
•	U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit 1989
•	U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit 1998
•	U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit 2000
•	U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit 2000
•	U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit 2001
•	U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit 2002
•	U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit 2002
•	U.S. Supreme Court, 2003

Education

•	University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1986 J.D. University of Pennsylvania Law Review, 1985-1986
•	Cornell University, 1983 B.S.E. Dean's List