Andrea Sue Kramer

Andrea S. (Andie) Kramer is the founding member of the boutique Chicago law firm, ASKramer Law LLC. Previously, she served as a partner at McDermott Will & Emery LLP, and at Ungaretti & Harris LLP. Andie counsels clients on a wide range of legal issues that often relate to complex trading operations; the taxation and regulation of financial products and emerging asset classes of all kinds; taxation of both traditional and alternative sources of energy production and transmission; corporate governance; and tax controversy matters. She is co-author of the 4,000-page reference, Financial Products: Taxation, Regulation, and Design (4th ed.), which has been updated annually for more than three decades; and of Energy and Environmental Project Finance Law and Taxation (2nd ed.). Both of the latest editions published in spring 2025.
Andie has written and edited hundreds of professional and business publications in her career, and been awarded several national accolades for her legal thought leadership. She holds a BA summa cum laude from the University of Illinois and a JD cum laude from Northwestern University. A dedicated educator, Andie previously served as an adjunct professor at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, and has delivered professional training courses to many audiences, including specialists at the U.S. Treasury and the IRS for more than two decades.
Andie brings a 35-year background working to encourage the growth of all professionals who wish to seek, assume, and retain positions at the highest levels of organizational leadership, management, and asset control. She is a prodigious author and speaker on topics that relate to women in the workplace. Andie has written hundreds of articles and blog posts on gender equality, and she has spoken at conferences, trade association meetings, professional service firms, multinational corporations, and on podcasts and webinars. With her husband, Al Harris, Andie has coauthored three related books.
Generously philanthropic and civically engaged, Andie is the recipient of the “Unsung Heroine Award” from the Cook County Board of Commissioners and the “National Public Service Award” from the American Bar Association for her public service and pro bono activities. She founded and serves on the boards of a number of local nonprofit and professional associations; notably, Windy City Cares, an organization that provides support and assistance to low-income women, children, men, and their pets in the greater Chicago area.