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Andy Bruns represents clients in complex commercial litigation, including patent and intellectual property disputes, and white collar criminal defense. He has experience defending clients in the technology, life sciences, sports, and digital currency sectors in litigation arising in both state and federal courts, as well as in arbitration.

Andy has served as an active member of several trial teams, including representing the former CEO of Bumble Bee Foods in a five-week jury trial involving price-fixing allegations. He is also defending successive generations of Dexcom products in parallel cases where Abbott is asserting over a dozen patents targeting Dexcom’s continuous glucose monitoring technology for addressing diabetes. He is part of a Keker team representing Google against Singular in a two-patent trial in the District of Massachusetts related to specialized chips used for machine learning.

Andy maintains an active pro bono practice representing incarcerated individuals in resentencing proceedings. He has worked extensively with the Giffords Law Center on gun violence prevention initiatives, and has partnered with the ACLU and the National Association of Public Defense on amicus briefs before the U.S. and California Supreme Courts.

Prior to joining Keker, Van Nest & Peters, Andy served as a law clerk to Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and Judge Ronald Gilman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Andy earned his J.D. from Columbia Law School and his undergraduate degree from Amherst College.

Andy Bruns represents clients in complex commercial litigation, including patent and intellectual property disputes, and white collar criminal defense. He has experience defending clients in the technology, life sciences, sports, and digital currency sectors in litigation arising in both state and federal courts, as well as in arbitration.

Andy has served as an active member of several trial teams, including representing the former CEO of Bumble Bee Foods in a five-week jury trial involving price-fixing allegations. He is also defending successive generations of Dexcom products in parallel cases where Abbott is asserting over a dozen patents targeting Dexcom’s continuous glucose monitoring technology for addressing diabetes. He is part of a Keker team representing Google against Singular in a two-patent trial in the District of Massachusetts related to specialized chips used for machine learning.

Andy maintains an active pro bono practice representing incarcerated individuals in resentencing proceedings. He has worked extensively with the Giffords Law Center on gun violence prevention initiatives, and has partnered with the ACLU and the National Association of Public Defense on amicus briefs before the U.S. and California Supreme Courts.

Prior to joining Keker, Van Nest & Peters, Andy served as a law clerk to Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and Judge Ronald Gilman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Andy earned his J.D. from Columbia Law School and his undergraduate degree from Amherst College.

Keker, Van Nest & Peters Promotes New Partners and Of Counsel

01/18/2024

Keker, Van Nest & Peters is pleased to announce that the firm has elevated associates Andrew Bruns, Cody Gray, Maya James, Christina Lee, and Franco Muzzio to Partner, Kristen Lovin to Of Counsel and Senior IP & Technology Litigator and Hamilton Jordan to Of Counsel, effective January 1, 2024. This class marks the largest group of associates promoted to partner since the firm was founded in 1978. Read more