Andrew M. Kantor - a Northridge, United States Insurance Law Lawyer

Northridge Insurance Law Lawyer

Updated: 03/10/2026

Areas of Practice

Insurance Law
Bad Faith Insurance
Denials for Proton Therapy
Disability Insurance Claims
Disability Insurance Denials
Eating Disorders
Elder Law
Employee Benefits
ERISA Law
Fire & Flood Home Damage Claims
Health & Healthcare Law
Health Insurance Claims
Health Insurance Denials
Homeowner's Insurance Claim Denials
Life Insurance Claim Denials
Life Insurance Claims
Long Term Care Insurance Claims
Long Term Care Insurance Denials
Long Term Disability Denials
Pension Claims
Pension Denials
Property & Casualty Insurance Denials
Retirement Benefits

Attorney Information

Overview

As you can imagine, as the son of Glenn & Lisa Kantor, Associate Attorney Andrew Kantor grew up on a steady diet of client advocacy and passionate representation. While many children would set out to become anything but an attorney in response to such an upbringing, Andrew knew there was no other path for him.

Upon graduating from college, Andrew worked at Kantor & Kantor as an intake director. When in law school, he worked as a legal extern for Consumer Watchdog, a public consumer organization specializing in consumer-side insurance issues in the class-action context.

Andrew's practice is focused primarily on helping individuals obtain wrongfully denied disability and life insurance benefits in both the ERISA and non-ERISA (bad faith) policies. Since beginning his career at Kantor & Kantor, Andrew has helped hundreds of clients secure wrongfully denied disability benefits, including his most recent victory in Renault v. UNUM wherein he convinced the Court that UNUM's interpretation of its own disability policy to exclude all bonuses and commissions from Ms. Renault's benefit calculation, despite having a commission-based sales position, was improper as a matter of law. Andrew has recently been named as a member of the Community Advisory Council at the Solve ME/CFS Initiative. Andrew also serves on the Board of The Elder Law and Disability Rights Center. In addition, his efforts have been recognized by Super Lawyers, being named a Rising Star in Southern California from 2019, 2020, and 2021.

Experiences like these have helped position Andrew as one of the country's leading experts on fighting disability denials for individuals with chronic-fatigue related illnesses, including ME/CFS and Lyme disease.

Awards and Honors

Super Lawyers® Selectees

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Included on the 2026 Southern California Super Lawyers list

Past Lists

2025 Southern California Super Lawyers list
2024 Southern California Super Lawyers list
2023 Southern California Super Lawyers list
2022 Southern California Super Lawyers list
2021 Southern California Super Lawyers list
2020 Southern California Super Lawyers list
2019 Southern California Super Lawyers list

Education

Legal Education
- Irvine University School of Law, Irvine, California, 2014
  Juris Doctor
Non Legal Education
- Union College, Schenectady, New York, 2009
  B.A., Bachelor of Arts
  Honors: cum laude
  Honors: Departmental
- Union Graduate College / Clarkson University, Potsdam, New York
  M.A., Master of Arts
  Honors: magna cum laude
  Major: Business Administration

Current Employment Position(s)

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Classes and Seminars

Long Term Disability Insurance Challenges for Individuals Living with ME/CFS , The IACFS/ME Annual Conference 2021
COVID-19 and Disability Insurance for Individuals Living with ME/CFS , Kantor & Kantor
The Spoonie Struggle Podcast: Disability Law With Guest Andrew Kantor, The Spoonie Struggle
Covid-19 Longhauler Advocacy Project BenefitsChat - Disability Insurance , Kantor & Kantor
EDS and the Disability Claims & Appeals Process, The Ehlers-Danlos Society
Fighting the Good Fight: Navigating the ERISA Disability Process for those with ME/CFS, The Solve ME/CFS Initiative Webinar Series
Parkinson’s & the Long Term Disability Claims Process , The Parkinson’s Institute & Clinical Center

Published Works

Articles

A Lawyer’s Guide to Long COVID and Long Term Disability Insurance Claims, Body Politic, May, 2021
ERISA Is Evil; The current state of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and How It Effects Long-term Disability Claims, iPain Living, Fall, 2019
Circuit Round-Up of Key Appellate ERISA Decisions from February-September 2019, ABA Labor & Employment Law Section, Employee Benefits Committee Newsletter, Fall, 2019

Bar Admissions

California, 2015
District of Columbia, 2016

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Contact

Northridge, CA

9301 Corbin Ave.
Suite 1400
Northridge, CA 91324

Directions

Phone: (818) 886-2525

Fax: (818) 350-6272

Email: Send a message

Websites:

http://www.kantorlaw.net
https://www.kantorlaw.net/blog/ (Kantor & Kantor Blogs)
https://www.yourerisawatch.com/ (ERISA Watch Blog)

Hours: M-F 8:30am -5pm

Free Consultations
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