Andy Caine, resident in the firm’s Los Angeles office, practices in cases across the country. His practice focuses primarily on litigation in various bankruptcy contexts, representing debtors, trustees, creditors, and creditors’ committees in chapter 11 reorganization cases. He handles matters in state and federal courts, with an emphasis on disputes tried in bankruptcy court, including contested reorganization matters. Andy’s practice in recent years has focused on the representation of survivor creditor committees in bankruptcy cases prompted by numerous sexual abuse claims, including the Archdioceses of New Orleans and San Francisco. In addition, Andy is the chair of the firm’s postconfirmation practice group, overseeing the entire spectrum of claims and avoidance litigation for debtors, creditors’ committees, trustees, liquidation or postconfirmation trusts, and defendants, from “mega cases” to smaller, individual matters. He has spent considerable time as “general counsel” to liquidating trustees in the administration of post-confirmation estates.
Andy brings an experienced, responsive approach to all such disputes that might result in litigation. He has written numerous articles and often lectures nationally on bankruptcy and litigation, and is a past president and former chair of the American Bankruptcy Institute, the world’s largest organization of insolvency professionals, with over 12,000 members. He is a member of the Registry of Mediators for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, and a former member of the Los Angeles Superior Court panel of business law arbitrators. He holds an AV Preeminent Peer Rating, Martindale-Hubbell‘s highest rating for ethical standards and legal ability and has been named a “Super Lawyer” in the field of Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights every year since 2007 in a peer survey conducted by Law & Politics and the publishers of Los Angeles magazine, an honor bestowed on only 5% of Southern California attorneys. He has been named to Best Lawyers in America every year since the 2016 edition for the practice area of Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law. Andy is a graduate of Northwestern University and received his J.D. from UCLA.
Clerkships
•Judicial extern, Arthur Alarcon (9th Cir.)
Publications
•Co-Author, “The Influence of Outcomes and Procedures on Formal Leaders,” 41 Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (No. 4 1981)
News
Bankruptcy Court Approves Disclosure Statement in Archdiocese of New Orleans Bankruptcy; Abuse Survivors Will Now Vote on Settlement Plan
August 12, 2025
Archdiocese and Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors Agree to Nonmonetary Provisions
November 7, 2024
PSZJ Attorneys Named in 2025 Edition of Best Lawyers in America and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch
August 15, 2024
Nineteen PSZJ Attorneys Named to 2024 Southern California “Super Lawyers” List
January 10, 2024
PSZJ Attorneys Named in 2024 Edition of Best Lawyers in America
August 17, 2023
Eighteen PSZJ Attorneys Named to 2023 Southern California’s “Super Lawyers” List
January 1, 2023
PSZJ Attorneys Named in 2023 Edition of Best Lawyers in America
August 18, 2022
Seventeen PSZJ Attorneys Named to 2022 Southern California’s “Super Lawyers” List
January 20, 2022
PSZJ Attorneys Named in 2022 Edition of Best Lawyers in America
August 19, 2021
Nineteen PSZJ Attorneys Named 2021 Southern California “Super Lawyers”
January 1, 2021
PSZJ Attorneys Named in 2021 Edition of Best Lawyers in America
August 20, 2020
Twenty-One PSZJ Attorneys Named 2020 Southern California “Super Lawyers”
January 15, 2020
PSZJ Attorneys Named in Best Lawyers in America
August 15, 2019
Twenty-One PSZJ Attorneys Named 2019 Southern California “Super Lawyers”
January 30, 2019
PSZJ Attorneys Named in Best Lawyers in America
August 15, 2018
Twenty PSZJ Attorneys Named 2018 Southern California “Super Lawyers”
January 31, 2018
Thirty-Five PSZJ Attorneys Named Best Lawyers in America
August 15, 2017
Eighteen PSZJ Attorneys Named 2017 Southern California “Super Lawyers”
January 25, 2017
Nineteen PSZJ Attorneys Named Best Lawyers in America
August 1, 2016
Seventeen PSZJ Attorneys Named Best Lawyers in America
August 17, 2015
Thirteen PSZJ Attorneys Selected as Southern California Super Lawyers
Los Angeles magazineFebruary 1, 2015
Liquidating Trustees and Tax Refunds in United States of America v. Edward P. Bond
PSZJ Case AlertNovember 5, 2014
Ten Southern California Super Lawyers at Pachulski Stang
Los Angeles magazineFebruary 1, 2014
Eight Southern California Super Lawyers at Pachulski Stang
Los Angeles magazineJanuary 1, 2013
Eight Southern California Super Lawyers at Pachulski
Los Angeles MagazineMarch 1, 2008
Events
Equitable Mootness & Other Postconfirmation Issues
Fifth Circuit Bankruptcy Bench-Bar Conference New Orleans
February 4, 2022
All You Need to Know About Liquidating Chapter 11 Plans
93rd Annual National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges Washington DC
November 1, 2019
The ABCs (and DEFs) of Assignments for the Benefit of Creditors
37th Annual American Bankruptcy Institute Spring Meeting Washington DC
April 11, 2019
Cutting-Edge Issues in Avoidance Actions
26th Annual American Bankruptcy Institute Southwest Bankruptcy Conference Las Vegas
September 7, 2018
Update on Avoidance Actions
American Bankruptcy Institute Rocky Mountain Conference Denver
January 26, 2018
Running a Cost-Effective Receivership
National Association of Federal Equity Receivers
August 24, 2017
Money, Money, Money: Tax, Insurance, Expenses, and Reporting
Fifth Annual Conference of the National Association of Federal Equity Receivers Washington, D.C.
October 13, 2016
Best Practices for Avoiding Preference Suits
AIRA 32nd Annual Bankruptcy & Restructuring Conference Coronado Island, CA
June 10, 2016
D&O and E&O Claims
American Bankruptcy Institute 21st Annual Rocky Mountain Bankruptcy Conference Denver
January 16, 2016
Past Presidents’ Debate
American Bankruptcy Institute 31st Annual Spring Meeting
April 18, 2013
