Andrew Leahey
www.andrew.legal
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Who am I?

Who reads this?

Background

Prior to law school I developed websites, software and worked in IT. Now I am a tax and technology attorney in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, with a practice focused on all matters tax, as well as technology contract drafting (SaaS, software licenses, etc.).

Before working as an attorney I worked as a legal intern in the Office of General Counsel at Independence Blue Cross in Philadelphia and as a law clerk with a small firm in Atlantic City.

I’m also a weekly columnist at Bloomberg (“Technically Speaking”), a podcaster (Minimum Competence and Esquiring Minds) and an adjunct professor at Drexel Kline School of Law.

I relish spending time with my wife and daughter, enjoy playing with my four dogs, and acknowledge the presence of a one cat. 

Honors & Awards

  • Invited to present research findings on genetically modified organisms and Southern African food policy at the Midwest Political Science Association Conference in April 2013.

 Interests & Such

  • Federated social media.

    • I run esq.social, the largest lawyer and adjacent professional Mastodon instance on the fediverse.

    • You can always find me loitering in #lawgeneral on our Matrix server (think decentralized IRC for 2023).

  • Hiking/Outdoors

  • Cabins

    • My wife Gina and I own a cabin on 15 acres in the Poconos mountains, just outside of Jim Thorpe. You can find us traipsing about there most weekends or join us vicariously through our YouTube channel.

  • Motorcycles

    • I made the switch to electric motorcycles in 2021 and haven’t looked back. I’m currently riding a 2022 Zero FX.

Education

  • NYU School of Law (LL.M., 2020)

    • Focus on Tax and Technology, Fraud, State and Local Taxation, and Value Added Taxation

  • Rutgers School of Law (J.D., 2016)

    • Dean’s Highest Academic Excellence Merit Scholar

    • Managing Technology Editor, Rutgers Journal of Law and Public Policy

  • University of Pennsylvania (B.A., Political Science (with distinction), summa cum laude, 2013)

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