Andreas J. Meyer
Founder & Counsel
Andreas has been practicing law for over sixteen years. A California-licensed attorney, he advises on the federal and state laws impacting universities, colleges, and healthcare systems and helps clients capitalize on significant opportunities and navigate emerging risks as they make difficult decisions under pressure.
His career has been shaped by service as both advisor and decision-maker, through senior in-house legal roles and publicly accountable governance, including gubernatorial-appointed state agency leadership and nonprofit board presidency during periods of institutional transition, where fiduciary duty, executive selection, and high-stakes judgment are inseparable from legal advice. He has spoken on panels hosted by the National Association of College and University Attorneys, the University Risk Management and Insurance Association, and the American Health Law Association.
Experience
AJM Institutional Counsel and Strategy, A Law Corporation
The Firm is a boutique advisory law practice intentionally designed to support senior institutional decision-making rather than transactional legal throughput. It was established to provide universities, colleges, and healthcare systems with access to high-level legal judgment, strategic integration, and independent perspective.
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The Firm leverages deep fluency in how complex organizations function internally with a unique advisory model unlike that used by conventional law firms. This structure offers enterprise leaders with uniquely candid, interdisciplinary, and anticipatory legal advice.
The Firm’s engagements are intentionally curated, reflecting an emphasis on depth and continuity. Andreas is engaged where leadership requires a frank and institutionally loyal advisor who can synthesize governance, politics, and operations in crafting dynamic and preventative legal advice.
University of Southern California
Andreas’s professional formation is deeply rooted in his alma mater, the University of Southern California, where he has served in senior in-house roles. He has advised university leaders across the academic and healthcare enterprise, developing a granular understanding of how a leading research university operates, including during time of sustained legal, political, and public pressure.
In his roles at USC, Andreas has advised on the full range of legal issues confronting complex tax-exempt educational and healthcare organizations, including corporate governance, board operations, tax-exempt financing, intercollegiate athletics, employee benefits, municipal finance, and complex transactions, as well as front-line matters involving student affairs, civil rights law, free expression, campus safety, immigration, and crisis response. He has counseled on litigation exposure, government investigations, and heightened public scrutiny, and advised on critical academic, student, research, international, and civil rights matters cutting across legal, governance, and political risk domains.
Taken together, Andreas’s work with USC reflects sustained institutional trust and a progression from senior internal legal roles to high-level legal strategy on matters implicating university authority, mission, and long-term resilience.
Chapman University
At Chapman University, Andreas served as Associate General Counsel, advising senior leadership across the operational and financial life of a private university. His work included student and faculty affairs, research, real estate, data privacy, intellectual property, labor and employment, corporate governance, litigation management, and major gifts. He oversaw the university’s transactional law practice, supported acquisitions and affiliations, advised on crisis management, and assisted in managing the Office of Legal Affairs. This experience reinforced an enterprise-level perspective on how mission-driven institutions balance growth, compliance, and risk.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Andreas began his legal career at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, practicing in the firm’s corporate group on securities regulation and corporate governance matters. This foundation in high-stakes private-practice environments informs his current focus on institutional durability, governance structure, and regulatory response.
Governance and Leadership
OC Fair & Event Center, Former Vice Chair, Board of Directors
(appointed by California Governor Jerry Brown)
Equality California, Board President Emeritus
Orange County Lavender Bar Association, Founder and President Emeritus
Education
University of Michigan Law School, J.D., 2009
Clarence Darrow Scholar; Michigan Law Review
University of Southern California, B.A., Political Science, 2006
magna cum laude; Norman Topping Scholar; Trojan Debate Squad
Professional Affiliations
State Bar of California
National Association of College and University Attorneys
American Health Law Association