Andrew Granato
- Joseph Paschal Dreibelbis Faculty Fellowship in Law
- Assistant Professor
Andrew Granato joined Texas Law as an Assistant Professor in 2026. He is a legal economist with principal research areas in tax, business and securities law, corporate finance, and insurance.
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Andrew Granato joined Texas Law as an Assistant Professor in 2026. He is a legal economist with principal research areas in tax, business and securities law, corporate finance, and insurance.
His main research interest is on how seemingly technical choices that legal actors make when incorporating financial economics can shroud material consequences. One line of his work is a series on the use of life insurance as a mechanism for high-net-worth tax planning. His research has been cited in litigation by the Department of Justice Tax Division; in academic outlets like CLS Blue Sky Blog, Duke FinReg Blog, and JOTWELL; and in legal media like Tax Notes, Bloomberg Law, and The American Lawyer.
He holds a J.D. from Yale Law School, a Ph.D. in Financial Economics from the Yale School of Management, and a B.A. in Economics from Stanford University. Prior to graduate school, he worked as a Senior Associate Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.
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year-2026
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Conflicting Values in Judicial Valuations
Andrew Granato. “Conflicting Values in Judicial Valuations.” In Journal of Empirical Legal Studies (forthcoming), (2026). View online. -
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Expert Asymmetry: Evidence from Securities Litigation
Andrew Granato, Adam Callister, Belisa Pang. “Expert Asymmetry: Evidence from Securities Litigation.” In Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, (June 2026). View online. -
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After the “Partner Run": the Dewey & LeBoeuf Diaspora
Andrew Granato. “After the “Partner Run": the Dewey & LeBoeuf Diaspora.” In 22 UC College of the Law San Francisco Business Law Journal, Page 207 (May 2026). View online. -
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Permitted practices in insurance accounting, how they work and why they help
Andrew Granato, Alejandro Drexler. “Permitted practices in insurance accounting, how they work and why they help.” In 51 The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance - Issues and Practice, Page 399 (March 2026). View online.
year-2025
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Reforming the Taxation of Life Insurance
Andrew Granato, Ari Glogower. “Reforming the Taxation of Life Insurance.” In 44 Virginia Tax Review, Page 235 (January 2025). View online.
year-2023
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A Matter of High Interest: How A Quiet Change to An Actuarial Assumption Turbocharges the Life Insurance Tax Shelter
Andrew Granato. “A Matter of High Interest: How A Quiet Change to An Actuarial Assumption Turbocharges the Life Insurance Tax Shelter.” In 39 Connecticut Insurance Law Journal, Page 45 (March 2023). View online.
spring 2027
- Federal Income Taxation