Andrew John Sutton

Andrew “A.J.” Sutton joined Ropes & Gray’s intellectual property litigation group in 2014. A.J.’s practice focuses primarily on patent and trademark litigation matters before the International Trade Commission, U.S. District Courts, and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board. A.J. has worked with technologies in multiple areas, including consumer electronics, semiconductors, and mechanical devices. AJ’s litigation experience includes performing invalidity and infringement analyses, preparing for and assisting with depositions, drafting dispositive motions, and other trial-related work. A.J.’s pro bono practice includes representation of clients in the areas of veterans’ disability law, domestic violence matters, social security disability law, criminal defense, civil rights and immigration law.

During law school, A.J. externed for the Honorable Irene M. Keeley of the Northern District of West Virginia, where he worked extensively on several patent cases, including a Hatch-Waxman Paragraph IV ANDA litigation case being heard before the court. In addition, A.J. was the elected President of GW Law’s Student Bar Association, and served as a staff member of the A.I.P.L.A. Quarterly Journal.

A.J. has an undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering, and his coursework covered a broad array of topics including C++ programming, organic chemistry, and robotics. In addition, A.J. served as team lead on several engineering projects, including: the design of an ocean wave powered instrumental research buoy for use at the Scripps Institute of Oceanography; a solar panel design project for a learning facility in Kenya; and a robotics design and building competition where his team earned second place out of forty-eight teams.