Professional Background

Andrew Mirsky has 12 years’ experience as a business and commercial lawyer, including 5 years’ experience in company management of media and technology enterprises. Mr. Mirsky began his law career in New York City at the corporate law firm of Kaye Scholer, LLP, focusing on corporate and finance transactions and advising clients in media, healthcare, securities, finance, manufacturing, and real estate. Mr. Mirsky left Kaye Scholer to work in-house at a client technology startup, with a business of supply-chain management technology.

Mr. Mirsky moved to Washington in 1999 and worked in Operations Management (Advertising Operations) at The Washington Post Company, before joining Atlantic Media Company as Director of Business Development and Legal Affairs. Atlantic is publisher of The Atlantic Monthly, National Journal magazine and Government Executive magazine. At Atlantic, Mr. Mirsky had lead responsibility for $2.5 million in new revenues; negotiated outsourcing contracts, web serving agreements, archival services and software and hardware technology licensing; structured and negotiated deals for syndication services, custom publishing, reselling/database licensing, and site licensing; and marketed name and brand services with core and target markets through television and radio partnerships, complimentary partners and legislative outlets.

Education

Mr. Mirsky has his law (1993) and undergraduate degrees (1990) from the University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia. He attended high school in Millburn, NJ (1986), and studied classical and jazz piano at the Manhattan School of Music (Preparatory Division), in New York City.

Bar Admissions and Professional Activities

Mr. Mirsky is admitted to practice and an active member of the District of Columbia and New York State Bars. He is also admitted to practice, but not an active member, of the New Jersey and Pennsylvania Bars. Mr. Mirsky is a member of the following professional groups and committees:

District of Columbia Bar, Media Law Committee
Member, Arts, Entertainment, Media & Sports Law Section

District of Columbia Bar, Corporation Law Committee
Member

District of Columbia Bar, Intellectual Property Law Committee
Member

American Bar Association
Member

Bar Association of the District of Columbia
Member, Young Lawyers Division