Global Law Experts is pleased to announce the enrollment of Andrew L. Stein as an Exclusive Member, recognizing his extensive experience in commercial credit and collections in New York and across the United States. As a Forward Director in Fennemore Craig’s Business Litigation group, Stein brings a rare blend of capabilities, combining private practice advocacy with in-house legal leadership, transactional awareness, and operational insight for complex commercial disputes.

Stein’s appointment highlights the practical nature and depth of his work. Throughout his career, he has focused not only on resolving individual high-end claims but also building collection strategies for significant accounts receivable portfolios, strengthening legal and operational processes, and ensuring that litigation decisions align with broader commercial goals. This ability to connect legal analysis with measurable recovery outcomes is especially valuable to businesses facing a large volume of sophisticated accounts receivable issues and challenges.

Commercial Collections in the United States – New York and beyond

Andrew L. Stein has developed a focused practice in commercial collections. He advises and represents corporate creditors in matters involving unpaid accounts receivable. He and his team support the full lifecycle of a recovery matter, from early pre-suit assessment and demand strategy through the amicable resolution of most disputes, litigation (if necessary), judgment enforcement, and post judgment remedies.

Based in New York and admitted to the New York bar, Stein is authorized to appear in the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. His academic background includes a J.D. from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law and a B.A. from Dartmouth College. Since his admission in 1990, he has maintained continuous practice activity in New York and nationwide, giving him a solid long-term foundation in a demanding commercial litigation environment.

What sets Stein’s experience apart is that it extends well beyond single-claim collection work. He manages portfolios comprising large numbers of accounts receivable, and the coordination of legal and business priorities.

A key influence on Stein’s approach is his earlier role at AT&T, where he served as AVP and Senior Legal Counsel. In that position, he managed thousands of high-end commercial collection matters and defended hundreds of collection related consumer claims. The role required cross-functional collaboration, continuous refinement of collection workflows, supervision of legal activity at substantial scale, and evaluation of the commercial consequences of various possible recovery paths. That experience strengthened his understanding of how legal teams, business stakeholders, and outside counsel must work together in a complex environment.

Stein has also handled portfolio-level bankruptcy projects, including leading AT&T’s first commercial bankruptcy claim portfolio sale and supporting later sales of both bankruptcy claims and non-bankruptcy accounts receivable. These matters required careful coordination of company stakeholders, valuation, and establishing fair bidding processes. For creditors deciding whether to negotiate resolutions, pursue litigation, or consider a structured sale, this perspective is particularly useful.

Ultimately, Stein’s work is guided by the singular objective of converting legal rights into outcomes that make economic sense. Rather than treating every dispute as an isolated litigation exercise, Stein evaluates whether the best path involves negotiation, targeted enforcement, a structured transaction, or a combination of approaches. This perspective is especially important when legal costs, timing, collectability, and potential PR exposure need to be considered together.

Why This Expertise Aligns with Global Law Experts’ Standards

Global Law Experts selects practitioners who demonstrate meaningful subject matter depth, sustained professional experience, and the ability to help clients with complex legal challenges. Stein’s commercial collections practice reflects each of these qualities. He and his team are experienced across the entire collection spectrum.

His in-house leadership also adds a distinct dimension to his expertise. Managing thousands of collection matters and defending hundreds of related claims demanded more than legal knowledge. It required prioritization, oversight, communication across business functions, cost awareness, PR sensitivity, and the ability to build repeatable processes. These responsibilities provided him with a practical understanding of what corporate clients need in their ongoing operations.

That same insight strengthens his private practice work at Fennemore Craig. Clients benefit from advice shaped by an understanding of how recovery strategies work in practice, how claims should be evaluated, and how enforcement decisions should be measured against business outcomes. Stein’s approach goes beyond identifying a legal claim – it also considers the most efficient way to pursue, resolve, enforce, transfer, or otherwise manage that claim.

Stein’s participation in practical client-friendly educational initiatives also reflects his commitment to usable legal service. During his time at AT&T, he organized and ran the company’s annual Collections Legal Summit, a forum designed to bring business clients together with in-house and outside counsel to brainstorm ways for improving company collection processes. He also prepared reader-friendly materials giving client stakeholders practical day-to-day business guidance.

A Creditor Recovery Approach Designed Around Clients

Businesses dealing with unpaid receivables need advice that balances urgency with cost awareness and potential PR exposure. Even with a strong legal position, a creditor must still assess the debtor’s financial situation, competing claims, procedural timing, and the likely financial and potential PR cost of pursuing a claim. Stein’s experience helps clients navigate those issues as part of a broader recovery strategy.

Stein’s work encompasses both high-end individual claims and accounts receivable portfolios. If appropriate and deemed beneficial to the client, the portfolio work can be handled on a contingency fee basis.

Global Law Experts welcomes Andrew L. Stein as an Exclusive Member in recognition of the strength, breadth, and real-world value of his commercial collections practice across the United States, including New York. His career demonstrates an ability to manage complex disputes while maintaining clarity about the commercial purpose behind the legal strategy, achieving recoveries, controlling risk, and using resources effectively.

His enrollment strengthens the Global Law Experts network by adding a practitioner whose experience covers the legal, financial, and operational dimensions of commercial collections. Through Fennemore Craig, Andrew L. Stein is well positioned to advise creditors and corporate clients navigating the demanding realities of commercial recovery in New York and beyond.