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Andrew Holly

Andrew Holly

USA 2026

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Practice Areas

ERISA Litigation; Antitrust & Competition Law; Appellate; Banking & Financial Institutions; Benefits & Compensation; Class Action Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Environmental; Healthcare Litigation; Insurance Law; Securities & Financial Services Litigation; Tax Controversy & Litigation

Career

Andrew Holly serves as co-chair of Dorsey’s ERISA Litigation Practice Group. He has nearly 20 years’ experience representing fiduciaries, sponsors and insurers in ERISA litigation matters.

He has defended clients in a wide array of ERISA class actions involving pension and welfare plans. Andrew has represented numerous Fortune 100 companies in 401(k), 403(b) and defined benefit plan “excessive fee” cases, handled numerous company “stock drop” cases, successfully resolved lawsuits over pension plan investment strategies, obtained dismissal of various fiduciary and prohibited transaction claims against group health plan insurers and third-party administrators, and handled dozens of claims seeking benefits under pension, health, disability, and executive compensation plans. He has also represented group health plans and third-party administrators as plaintiffs, asserting various multi-million dollar claims for recovery under ERISA, antitrust, and state common law.

Andrew is a co-chair of the Preemption Committee on the ABA Subcommittee on Employee Benefits and is a contributing author of various texts, including the ERISA Litigation treatise and the ABA Employee Benefits Law Treatise.

Personal

Education:

- University of Minnesota Law School (J.D., 2000), magna cum laude; Order of the Coif; Minnesota Law Review, 1998-2000; Minnesota Intellectual Property Review, Senior Editor 1999-2000

- St. John's University (Minnesota) (B.A., Psychology, 1994), All College Honors; Departmental Distinction in Psychology

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Chambers Guide to the USA

ERISA Litigation - USA - Nationwide

Band 3
Band 3

Individual Editorial

Andrew Holly represents plan sponsors and fiduciaries in ERISA lawsuits and has notable expertise in health plan work. He is chair of the firm's national ERISA litigation practice group.

Strengths

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  • Andrew is an amazing attorney.

    ERISA LitigationChambers Guide to the USA
  • Andrew is a great lawyer to work with. He is very responsive, a good communicator and makes himself available.

    ERISA LitigationChambers Guide to the USA

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