Andrew’s practice focuses on intellectual property litigation and procurement.  He is a registered patent attorney with more than twenty-five years of litigation experience.  Andrew spent the first half of his legal career at international law firms before launching his own firm, and has worked on matters in a variety of industries, including electronics, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, rocket launch technology, nutritional supplements, dental implants and ultraviolet lights.  Andrew has successfully argued before the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Vinyl Visions, LLC v. Craig A. Oehme, et. al., Case No. 2015-1273, in which the Court of Appeals affirmed summary judgment of non-infringement.  Andrew has also successfully asserted invalidity in multiple inter partes review and ex parte reexamination proceedings.

While in law school, Andrew was the Associate Director of the Chicago-Kent College of Law Intellectual Property Department where he managed the day-to-day operations of the department and assisted in the drafting of “Patent Litigation and Strategy” by Judges Moore and Michel, and Raphael Lupo.

Andrew is a certified professional geologist and before practicing law he worked for more than eight years as a geophysicist in mineral and oil exploration; managing exploration field crews from northern Canada to west Africa and as a wireliner in Houston, Texas.  Andrew also consulted on environmental and OSHA compliance issues and developed an in situ hydraulic fluid field screening technique that became a major car company’s standard when converting from in-ground hydraulic lifts to above-ground electric lifts.