1. Andrew Lelling is best known for leading Operation Varsity Blues, the federal investigation and prosecution of a massive nationwide college admissions scandal, Andrew Lelling oversaw the largest-ever prosecution of MS-13, which all but eliminated the notorious Salvadoran gang in the Boston area and the prosecution of six eBay employees involved in the eBay stalking scandal which involved the terrorizing of a middle-aged couple living in greater Boston, Massachusetts.
Andrew Lelling's tenure was marked by major gang and healthcare enforcement actions.
Andrew Lelling grew up in Rockland County, New York, the son of Irwin, a dentist, and Selma.
Andrew Lelling received a Bachelor of Arts in literature and rhetoric from Binghamton University in 1991 and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1994.
Andrew Lelling clerked for Berry Avant Edenfield of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia.
Andrew Lelling went on to serve as counsel to the Assistant Attorney General at the United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division and as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia.
At the time of his nomination to serve as US Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, Andrew Lelling had served for 12 years as senior litigation counsel for the US Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts, prosecuting white collar crime, international drug trafficking, and other offenses.
Andrew Lelling is a member of the Federalist Society and a former member of the Boston Bar Journal's board of editors.
Andrew Lelling helped prosecute Carlos Rafael, a fishing magnate known as "the Codfather" who pleaded guilty to mislabeling hundreds of thousands of pounds of fish, allowing him to illegally increase his profit margin via environmental fraud.
Andrew Lelling successfully prosecuted several golfing buddies for trading on inside information about American Superconductor.
On February 8,2021, along with 55 other Trump-era attorneys, Andrew Lelling was asked to resign.
Andrew Lelling announced his resignation on February 10,2021, effective February 28.
Andrew Lelling joined Cleveland-based law firm Jones Day following his resignation.
In 2019, Andrew Lelling announced charges in the Varsity Blues scandal and led the prosecution.
In November 2018 Andrew Lelling was asked to work with a handful of other US Attorneys and senior officials at the US Justice Department and the FBI to create the China Initiative.
Andrew Lelling alleged that Chen failed to disclose various connections to Chinese government programs on DOE grant applications, including appointments to promote PRC technological and scientific development and providing scientific expertise in exchange for compensation.
Andrew Lelling is married to Massachusetts juvenile court judge Dana Gershengorn and they have two children.