January 14, 2020
A North Carolina insurance company is promising to wage a "long and hotly-contested" court battle with Buckley LLP over a disputed $6 million payout and allegations that the firm covered up an investigation into the conduct of co-founder Andy Sandler that precipitated his departure.
November 08, 2019
D.C. financial services firm Buckley LLP and an insurance company that revealed that founder Andy Sandler's abrupt exit was triggered by an internal misconduct investigation have agreed to end a federal suit over a $6 million insurance claim.
October 30, 2019
D.C. financial services firm Buckley LLP has accused its departed co-founder, Andy Sandler, of making a "baseless" assertion to an insurer that he left involuntarily last year after his former partners refused his request to be cut in on the proceeds of a multi-million dollar insurance payout.
October 11, 2019
A Buckley LLP partner threatened former firm chairman Andy Sandler with litigation that would expose misconduct allegations against Sandler if the ex-chair didn't back the firm's multimillion-dollar insurance claim over his abrupt departure, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.
October 11, 2019
An insurer for Buckley LLP is seeking to avoid paying the law firm's $6 million claim for a "loss of key employee" following the departure of co-founder Andy Sandler, arguing in a lawsuit that coverage is unavailable because the firm failed to disclose on its insurance application that it was investigating allegations of misconduct by Sandler shortly before his retirement.