Andrew B. Stockment

Andrew Stockment focuses his practice on corporate and business law, intellectual property and technology, and cybersecurity and data privacy. He advises clients regarding the preparation and negotiation of contracts and the formation, operation, purchase, finance, and sale of businesses. Andrew enjoys working with startups and established companies to form and grow their businesses and develop, protect, and license their intellectual property and technology assets. Andrew counsels clients regarding information governance and data security and privacy issues, and he assists organizations with cybersecurity incident response and data breach notification compliance.

Andrew regularly publishes and speaks on intellectual property, technology, and cybersecurity issues, and he has been selected to the 2013 - 2022 Virginia Rising Stars lists by Super Lawyers and the "Legal Elite" list by Virginia Business magazine (2019 - 2022), and he has received the Sandra P. Thompson Award from The Virginia Bar Association (VBA) Young Lawyers Division (the VBA YLD's highest honor) for "outstanding work and long-term service". He currently serves on the Virginia State Bar Business Law Seciton Board of Governors and the VBA Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law Section Council, and he previously served as Chair of the VBA Young Lawyers Division and as a member of the VBA Board of Governors. Andrew also currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Charlottesville Business Innovation Council (CBIC).

Before becoming an attorney, Andrew worked as a software engineer for a publicly traded healthcare information technology company and owned a website development business for several years. He graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law, where he served on the Editorial Board of the Virginia Law Review and the Managing Board of the Virginia Journal of Social Policy & the Law.