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Exhibit
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Opinion
of Muldoon Murphy & Aguggia
LLP
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April 30,
2007
Board
of
Directors
Andrea
Electronics Corporation
65 Orville Drive
Bohemia,
New York 11716
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Re:
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Andrea
Electronics Corporation 2006 Equity Compensation
Plan
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Board
Members:
We
have
been requested by Andrea Electronics Corporation, a New York corporation (the
“Corporation”), to issue our opinion in connection with the registration of
10,000,000 shares of the Corporation’s common stock, $0.01 par value (the
“Shares”), to be issued pursuant to stock-based awards granted under the Andrea
Electronics Corporation 2006 Equity Compensation Plan (the “Plan”). The
Corporation intends to register the Shares with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on a Form S-8 Registration Statement pursuant to the Securities
Act
of 1933.
We
have
made such legal and factual examinations and inquiries as we have deemed
advisable for the purpose of rendering this opinion. In our examination, we
have
assumed and have not verified: (i) the genuineness of all signatures; (ii)
the
authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals; (iii) the conformity
with the originals of all documents supplied to us as copies; and (iv) the
accuracy and completeness of all corporate records and documents and of all
certificates and statements of fact, in each case given or made available to
us
by the Corporation.
Based
on
the foregoing and limited in all respects to New York law, it is our opinion
that the Shares reserved for issuance under the Plan are duly authorized, and,
when issued: (x) upon the exercise of stock options and stock appreciation
rights to be granted under the Plan, when paid for in accordance with the terms
of the Plan, and (y) as awards of restricted stock, performance shares or
performance units granted in accordance with the terms of the Plan, such Shares
will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
This
opinion is rendered to you solely for your benefit in connection with the
issuance of the Shares as described above. This opinion may not be relied upon
by any other person or for any other purpose, and it should not be quoted in
whole or in part, otherwise be referred to or be furnished to any governmental
agency (other than the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with
the
aforementioned Registration Statement in which this opinion is contained) or
any
other person or entity without the prior written consent of this
firm.
We
note
that, although certain portions of the Registration Statement (the financial
statements and schedules) have been included therein (through incorporation
by
reference) on the authority of “experts” within the meaning of the Securities
Act, we are not experts with respect to any portion of the Registration
Statement, including, without limitation, to the financial statements or
schedules or the other financial information or data included
therein.
We
hereby
consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Corporation’s
Registration Statement on Form S-8, and we consent to the use of the name of
our
firm under the heading “Interests of Named Experts and Counsel” in the
Registration Statement.
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Very
truly yours,
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/s/
Muldoon Murphy & Aguggia LLP |
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MULDOON
MURPHY & AGUGGIA
LLP
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