Andra Paganie

Andra is a skilled litigator with broad experience in complex commercial litigation, product liability, class action defense, and insurance and personal injury matters. A member of the firm’s Casualty Department, she brings a strategic, detail-oriented approach to defending corporate and individual clients across a wide range of disputes. She is licensed to practice in all state courts in New York and Pennsylvania, as well as the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.

Before joining Marshall Dennehey, Andra practiced in the New York offices of three international law firms, where she represented global and domestic corporations in high-stakes litigation. Her work focused on the defense of product manufacturers in class actions and individual claims involving design defects, failure to warn, fraud, and misrepresentation. She has successfully obtained dismissals, summary judgment rulings, and the exclusion of expert testimony in complex product liability cases. Her experience also includes arbitration and appellate work.

Andra earned her J.D., cum laude, from Brooklyn Law School, where she was named a Prince Scholar, Dean’s Merit Scholar, and Centennial Grant Scholar. She served as Articles Editor for the Brooklyn Law Review and competed in both the Trial and Appellate Divisions of the Moot Court Honor Society.  She gained valuable judicial experience as a student law clerk to the Honorable Dora Irizarry (E.D.N.Y.) and the Honorable John Keenan (S.D.N.Y.), and prosecutorial experience through internships with the U.S. Attorney’s Offices for both the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.

Andra holds a B.A. in English Language & Literature, with distinction, from Yale University.

She lives in Erie with her husband and two children. Fluent in Romanian, Andra enjoys traveling with her family, skiing, playing tennis, watching movies, and solving puzzles.