Experience 

Andrew Pincus focuses his appellate practice on briefing and arguing cases in the Supreme Court of the United States and in federal and state appellate courts, as well as on developing legal arguments in trial courts.  Andy has argued 19 cases in the Supreme Court of the United States, including Illinois Tool Works Inc. v. Independent Ink, Inc., 126 S. Ct. 1281 (2006), and Weyerhaeuser Company v. Ross-Simmons Hardwood Lumber Co., 127 S. Ct. 1069 (2007), both of which he won unanimously.  In addition, Andy has filed briefs in more than 100 other cases in the Court. Prior to joining Mayer Brown, Andy was an Assistant to the Solicitor General in the United States Department of Justice (1984-1988).

According to Legal 500 (2008), Andy “is cited by clients as ‘a total superstar’ who is ‘unbelievably smart,’ and who ‘objectively belongs on any list of leaders.’” Chambers USA (2009) reports that Andy “is commended for his ‘masterful performances’” before the Supreme Court. Andy’s appellate experience has also won him recognition in The Best Lawyers in America (2006-2008). Andy serves as co-director of the Yale Law School’s Supreme Court Advocacy Clinic.

Andy also advises clients on legislative and regulatory matters. While serving as General Counsel of the United States Department of Commerce (1997-2000), he formulated and implemented policy concerning intellectual property, electronic authentication, privacy, domain name management, taxation of electronic commerce, telecommunications matters, export controls, international trade, and consumer protection. Andy advocated these policies in negotiations with foreign governments and in testimony before Congress; and he had principal responsibility for the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act. Andy successfully represented clients in connection with passage of the Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.

Before joining Mayer Brown, Andy served as General Counsel of Andersen Worldwide S.C.   Following law school graduation, Andy was  Law Clerk to The Honorable Harold H. Greene, United States District Court for the District of Columbia (1981-1982), after which he practiced with another major law firm in Washington.

Education 

Columbia University Law School, JD, 1981; James Kent Scholar; Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar; Notes & Comments Editor, Columbia Law Review • Yale University, BA, cum laude, 1977

Admitted

• United States Supreme Court, 1985
• District of Columbia, 1983
• New York, 1982