Location
Education
- The University of Texas School of Law (J.D., 1996)
- University of Texas Graduate Business School (M.B.A., Sord Scholar, Dean's Award, Highest Honors, 1996)
- The University of Texas at Austin (B.B.A. in Accounting, Business Honors Program, High Honors, 1992)
Areas of Practice:
Admitted to Practice:
- Texas
- U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas
- Practiced Pro Hac Vice in Arizona, California, Delaware, Florida, and Nevada
Andrea Levin Kim
Partner
(713) 333-5107
Andrea Levin Kim is a partner in Diamond McCarthy’s Houston office, although her practice focus is national and international commercial litigation. She prosecutes and defends claims for public and privately held companies, domestic and international financial institutions, and financial services-related companies as well as bankruptcy trustees and creditors.
Andrea’s experience encompasses a wide range of substantive litigation with special emphasis and expertise in director, officer and commercial professional liability, including accounting and audit malpractice and legal malpractice, as well as securities fraud disputes. She also litigates cross-border disputes and complex commercial matters involving multiple-party and multiple-venue litigation.
As counsel in several cases involving transfer and warranty claims arising out of check frauds, Andrea successfully represented several banks – including a major international bank and the oldest bank in the U.S. – and obtained favorable summary judgment in each case. She also served as co-lead counsel in the successful representation of a class of more than 1,000 investors and court-appointed liquidators/trustees for joint protocol multiple-country bankruptcy estates in audit malpractice claims against a Big Four accounting firm that resulted in a successful recovery.
Andrea is also a Certified Fraud Examiner as accredited by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. These certified examiners are recognized as specialists in the prevention and deterrence of fraud by virtue of education and experience as well as technical proficiency in the areas of law applicable to fraud detection and prosecution, forensic investigation and complex financial transactions.
Andrea is the author of several articles in the corporate commercial responsibility arena and has taught legal research and writing as an adjunct professor at the University of Houston Law School.
Andrea is licensed to practice law in Texas and is a member of the American Bar Association, the State Bar of Texas and the Houston Bar Association. Andrea has been with Diamond McCarthy since the firm’s inception in 2000.
Representative Cases
- Lead trial lawyer in successful defense jury verdict in dispute between two partnerships regarding fiduciary duty issues involving Section 42 Tax Credit Properties;
- Lead lawyer in successful representation of several banks (including one of the world's largest international banks and the oldest banking interest in the United States) in several transfer and warranty claim cases arising out of check frauds that resulted in a favorable summary judgment in each case;
- Co-lead lawyer in successful representation of a class of more than 1,000 investors and court-appointed liquidators/trustees for joint protocol multiple country bankruptcy estates in audit malpractice claims against a Big Four accounting firm on a contingency basis, that resulted in a successful recovery;
- Co-lead lawyer in successful representation of a large international bank, one of the largest agricultural lenders in the world, in litigation against directors and officers and various Big Four accounting firm auditors;
- Litigation team member in successful representation of a Chapter 11 Trustee in one of the largest bankruptcy estates in U.S. history in accounting malpractice claims against a Big Four accounting firm, amidst claims against other professionals; and
- Litigation team member in successful defense (summary judgment) of one of the continent's largest manufacturers of overhead and automatic doors in class action and shareholder derivative action claim.
- Reda M. Hicks and Andrea Levin Kim co-authors, In Ratings We Trust? The Role Played By Rating Agencies in the Subprime Debacle, American Bar Association Section of Litigation, Bankruptcy and Insolvency Litigation Newsletter (March 2008)
- Andrea Levin Kim author, Directors' and Officers' Liability Insurance: Probable Directions in Texas Law, Review of Litigation (Spring 2001)
