Andrew J. Ekonomou

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|education = Emory University {{small|(BA, 1970)}}
Emory University {{small|(MA, 1971)}}
Emory University {{small|(JD, 1974)}}
Emory University {{small|(PhD, 2000)}}

|spouse = Georgia Lambros Ekonomou

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Andrew John Ekonomou is an attorney in Donald Trump's legal team working under Jay Sekulow. He is a scholar of Byzantine history, having received his PhD in the topic from Emory University in 2000.{{cite news |last=Freifeld |first=Karen |date=March 28, 2018 |title=Spurned By Top Lawyers, Trump's Defense Elevates Washington Outsider |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-lawyer-outsider-ekonomou_us_5abbb055e4b04a59a3137656 |work=HuffPost |agency=Reuters |access-date=March 28, 2018 }} Ekonomou serves as senior counsel at the American Center for Law and Justice where Sekulow is chief counsel.{{cite web|last1=Sheth|first1=Sonam|title=Trump's legal team comes apart as Russia probe kicks into high gear|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/andrew-ekonomou-new-trump-lawyer-bio-career-mueller-investigation-2018-3|website=Business Insider|access-date=March 31, 2018|date=March 29, 2018}} Ekonomou is a former state prosecutor who occasionally prosecutes cases for a district attorney's office in southeastern Georgia, and a former federal prosecutor who at one time served as the acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia.{{cite news|last1=Megerian|first1=Chris|title=Spurned by big law firms, Trump relies on a handful of lesser-known attorneys|url=http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-russia-lawyers-20180328-story.html|access-date=March 31, 2018|work=Los Angeles Times|date=March 28, 2018}}