Nathan J. Andrisani Partner

Nathan J. Andrisani is a partner in Morgan Lewis's Litigation Practice. Mr. Andrisani's practice focuses on the criminal defense of individuals and companies in all phases of government investigations and prosecutions and the representation of corporations in toxic tort and product liability personal injury cases.

Mr. Andrisani joined Morgan Lewis in the spring of 1999 after serving as an Assistant District Attorney in the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office from 1995 to 1999. A veteran of hundreds of criminal trials involving a wide range of state crimes, Mr. Andrisani was selected to serve in an elite narcotics enforcement unit focusing on major drug dealers in the West Philadelphia section of the city. In that capacity, he investigated and prosecuted members of some of the city's most notorious drug organizations for crimes including, among others, drug trafficking, armed robbery, and attempted murder.

His prosecution background and knowledge of the criminal justice system allows him to provide both trial representation and valuable guidance to individuals and corporations who are subjects of government investigations, as well as to conduct large-scale internal corporate investigations. Most recently, Mr. Andrisani has represented one of the world's leading airlines in a DOJ criminal antitrust investigation; defended a major oil company against state homicide charges and federal criminal and civil environmental charges arising out of a refinery accident; and conducted numerous internal investigations for major pharmaceutical companies to assist them in identifying and, where appropriate, correcting potential issues and counseling them on navigating the path forward. Mr. Andrisani counsels clients on a wide variety of federal and state enforcement and corporate compliance-related matters and has provided compliance training seminars for sales and management teams in the healthcare industry.

In addition to his work in the criminal and investigative arenas, Mr. Andrisani has traveled throughout the country serving as national punitive damages counsel for a Fortune 200 company and representing it in numerous major product liability personal injury trials.

In 2003, Mr. Andrisani was named as one of Pennsylvania's "Lawyers on the Fast Track" and since then has been recognized as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer—Rising Star in the area of White Collar Criminal Defense.

After earning his B.S. from Syracuse University in 1992, Mr. Andrisani received his J.D. from the Temple University School of Law in 1995, where he won numerous awards for excellence in trial advocacy including the 1995 Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association-James J. Manderino Award for Excellence in Trial Advocacy, the 1995 Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association-Murray S. Love Award for Excellence in Trial Advocacy, and the 1995 Victor A. Jaczun Award for Excellence in Trial Advocacy. He was a member of Temple's nationally renowned National Trial Team from 1993 to 1995, which won the 1994 and 1995 National Trial Competition's Northeast Regional Championships, and the 1995 National Trial Competition's National Championship.

Mr. Andrisani is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania.