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.
United States v. Christopher Lischewski
We defended the former CEO of Bumble Bee Foods in a five-week jury trial in the Northern District of California against charges that he conspired to fix prices of canned tuna sold in the United States.
Abbott Diabetes Care v. Dexcom
We defended Dexcom in the District of Delaware where Abbott asserted a dozen patents targeting Dexcom’s G6 continuous glucose monitoring technology. The Keker team narrowed the case to four patents prior to trial, including by invalidating an Abbott patent at summary judgment, and excluded Abbott’s expert testimony regarding reasonable royalty damages. Following a two-week trial, the jury invalidated another Abbott patent and found two were not infringed. The Court also declined to let the Jury consider damages on the remaining patent, cementing a defense victory for the Keker trial team.
02/18/2025
Keker, Van Nest & Peters partners Bob Van Nest, Sharif Jacob, Sophie Hood and Ryan Wong reflect on the firm’s biggest trial wins which earned its place among Law360’s 2024 Trials Groups of the Year. Read more
10/24/2024
In celebration of National Pro Bono Week, we highlight the firm’s Felony Murder Resentencing Project, which has helped at least six incarcerated individuals overturn their life sentences. Read more
09/20/2024
Keker, Van Nest & Peters attorneys Andy Bruns, Imara McMillan, Amos Espeland, and Courtney Liss filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in a case challenging Texas’s HB 1181 online age-verification law. Read more
03/22/2024
Law360 has reported that a Delaware federal jury has cleared Dexcom, represented by Keker, Van Nest & Peters, of infringing two glucose monitor patents owned by an Abbott Laboratories unit, while finding infringement of one that was not willful. It hung on a fourth. The trial was overseen by Third Circuit Judge Kent A. Jordan in the U.S. District of Delaware, who decided a second trial will be held to determine any damages. Read more
01/24/2024
Law360 has reported that Google LLC, represented by Keker, Van Nest & Peters, and Singular Computing LLC have settled a patent lawsuit over computer chip designs that improve efficiency for artificial intelligence and cloud computing. The joint motion to settle the case comes two weeks into a federal jury trial in Massachusetts and as both parties were set to deliver closing arguments. Read more
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