Andy Demetriou's practice focuses on the representation of a wide variety of public and privately held domestic businesses. His experience includes merger, acquisition and divestiture activity, corporate governance (for both for profit and non-profit organizations), corporate compliance programs, joint ventures and regulatory counseling and compliance. He has also advised foreign enterprises in their investment and financing activities in the United States for nearly 30 years. His transactional experience encompasses commercial finance, project finance and leasing, representing both lenders and borrowers in private financing of businesses, including venture capital financing. He recently served on an American Bar Association Working Group on Corporate Social Responsibility and the International Rule of Law, and was a contributing author on conflict of interest policies for the ABA Business Law Section's Pocket Outside Counsel Series.

Andy is active in the American Bar Association, having served as Chair of the Health Law Section in 2007-08 and a member of the Section Officers Conference. He is a past Vice-Chair of the American Health Lawyers Association Sarbanes-Oxley Task Force, responsible for monitoring governance developments of interest to healthcare lawyers and institutions and served as Co-Editor of the AHLA Corporate Governance Quarterly in 2007-08. He has also held leadership positions in Sections of the State Bar of California and Los Angeles County Bar Association. He is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and a Life Fellow the Los Angeles County Bar Foundation.

Andy has served on a number of community Boards, including the Boards of Directors and Governors of the UCLA Foundation, the Board of Directors and Audit Committee of the Los Angeles County Bar Foundation and the Board of Trustees of the Saint Sophia Foundation. He is a member of the Board of Visitors of the UCLA Economics Department. He serves as Special Counsel to the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission in Washington, D.C.

• American Bar Association
  • Health Law Section
    • Immediate Past Chair (2008 - 2009), Chair (2007 - 2008), Chair-Elect (2006 - 2007), Vice-Chair (2005 - 2006), Secretary (2004 - 2005) 
    • Interest Group Leader (2002 - 2004)
    • Governing Council (2000 - 2003, 2004 - 2009)
    • Managed Care Interest Group, Chair (1998 - 2000)
  • Business Law Section 
  • International Law Section
  • Section of Individual Rights and Responsibilities
• State Bar of California - Business Law Section
• Los Angeles County Bar Association
  • Business and Corporations Law Section
  • Healthcare Law Section
• American Health Lawyers Association (formerly American Academy of Healthcare Attorneys)
  • Vice Chair, Corporate Governance Task Force (2007 - 2008)
  • Member, Sarbanes-Oxley Act Task Force
• Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, Healthcare Committee (2003 - 2005)
• Corporate Compliance and Regulatory Newsletter, Editorial Board (2003 - 2008)

• Best Lawyers in America, Corporate, M&A, Healthcare listings
• Chambers USA Guide to Leading Lawyers, California Healthcare - Band 2
• Nightingale's Healthcare Law News, Outstanding Healthcare Transaction Lawyer (2003)

Andy regularly contributes to legal literature on a variety of topics, including corporate governance, health care developments and professional responsibility. He has also served as Co-Editor of the American Health Lawyers Association Corporate Governance Quarterly. Recent publications include:

• "Corporate Compliance and Ethics," ABA Business Law Section Committee on Corporate Counsel, Pocket Outside Counsel, Volume 3,  May 2007 (Contributing Author)
• “Stone v. Ritter:  The Delaware Supreme Court Affirms the Caremark Standard for Corporate Compliance Programs,”  ABA Health Law Section eSource, February 2007 (with Jessica T. Olmon)
•  “Current Perspectives on Healthcare Governance: A Roundtable Discussion of Experts,” Health Lawyers News, January 2007 and February 2007
• “Pay for Performance: Debating Quality and Value,” National CLE Conference – LEI Health Law, January 2007
• “Nonprofit Governance Reform: Rating Agencies Join the Fray,” ABA Health Law Section eSource, March 2006
•  “Nonprofit Governance Reform: Rating Agencies Join the Fray,” Corporate Compliance and Regulatory Newsletter, January 2006
•  “Advising Corporate Executives and Boards on Significant Transactions,” National CLE Conference – LEI Health Law, January 2006

Andy is a frequent guest speaker and panelist at conferences nationwide, having delivered over 100 speeches during the past 20 years and has authored numerous articles on topics as varied as mergers and acquisition strategy, financing techniques for business, corporate governance, corporate compliance issues and professional responsibility and ethics.

• "To Whom Should I Be True? Legal Ethics and Client Loyalty in a Changing World, 10^th Annual Conference on Emerging Issues in Healthcare Law, February 2009
• The Oracle at Delphi: All Your Most Difficult Healthcare Questions Answered,” 2009 National CLE Conference – Health Law, January 2009
• “Ethics for Healthcare Attorneys,” ABA Health Law Section, Young Lawyers Division and The Centers for Continuing Legal Education Conference, December 2008
• “Navigating the Revolving Door: Ethical Issues in Transition,” ABA Health Law Section 6^th Annual Washington Healthcare Summit, November 2008
• “Board Tools and Policies,” Texas Hospital Association 2008 Fall Teleconference Series, September 2008
• “Healthcare Access for America: Political and Practical Realities,” 2008 ABA Annual Meeting, August 2008
• “Advising the Corporate Board and its Committees,” 2008 National CLE Conference – Health Law, January 2008
• “Corporate “Cooperation” Under the Microscope: Developments in Privilege and Right to Counsel,” ABA Health Law Section 5^th Annual Washington Healthcare Summit, December 2007
• “Multijurisdictional Practice: A Challenge for Lawyering in the 21^st Century,” 4^th Annual Healthcare Law Compliance Symposium, October 2007
• "Pay for Performance in Healthcare: Keys for Compliance," National Constitution Center Conference, July 2007 
• "Corporate Responsibility and the Global Rule of Law," ABA Section of International Law, May 2007
• "Pay for Performance: Compliance Challenges," HCCA Compliance Conference, April 2007 
• "Corporate Responsibility and the Global Rule of Law," ABA International Rule of Law Symposium, April 2007
• "Lawyers Don't Look Good in Stripes; Attorneys as The New Target of Federal Prosecutions," ABA Health Law Section 8th Annual Emering Issues, February 2007
• “Pay for Performance: Debating Quality and Value,” LEI National CLE Conference, January 2007
• "The Ethics of Managing Multistate Law Practices," ABA Law Practice Management Ethics Program, December 2006
• "Where to Draw the Line: The Boundaries of the Corporate Healthcare Attorney In Common Representation of Multiple Clients," ABA-CLE Ethics for Healthcare Teleconference, December 2006
• "Lawyers Crossing Borders Without Crossing Ethical Boundaries: The New World of Multijurisdictional Law Practice," American Health Lawyers Teleconference, November 2006
• “Multijurisdictional Practice,” Physician Ventures Conference, Renaissance American/Beard Group, November 2006
• "Multijurisdictional Practice: A Challenge for Lawyering in the 21st Century," Texas Health Law Conference, September 2006
• "Ethical Leadership, Legal Ethics and Practical Reality: The Intersection of Ethics and Governance in Corporate Compliance,” American Health Lawyers Association/Health Care Compliance Association, September 2006
• "Corporate Governance Reforms: Assessing the Impact on the Non-Profit Healthcare Sector," American Health Lawyers Association 2006 Annual Meeting, June 2006
• "Sarbanes-Oxley Considerations for Public Company Directors," Texas Healthcare Trustees Spring Forum, March 2006
• "It's Eight O'Clock:  Do You Know Who Your Client Is?"  ABA Health Law Section 7^th Annual Emerging Issues Conference, February 2006
• “Innovative Provider Compensation Methodologies," ABA Health Law Section 7^th Annual Emerging Issues Conference, February 2006
• "Advising the Board on Major Transactions," LEI National CLE Conference, January 2006

1979 - J.D., University of California Berkley, Boalt Hall School of Law
1976 - B.A., summa cum laude, Economics, University of California Los Angeles

While in law school, Andy was the Research and Books Editor of the Ecology Law Quarterly.   He was awarded the Order of the Coif. He was admitted to the State Bar of California in 1979.

• UCLA Foundation
  • Governor (2005 - Present)
  • Board of Governors (1995 - 2005)
• UCLA Department of Economics, Board of Visitors (2003 - Present)
• Los Angeles County Bar Foundation, Director (2002 - 2005)
• Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission, Special Counsel (2001 - present)