Andrew McElligott
Overview
Drew McElligott's practice focuses on patent and trademark litigation, representing leading companies in the pharmaceutical and medical device sectors, as well as consumer products manufacturers.
Career & Education
- Loyola University Cardiovascular Institute
 Research Assistant I and Lead Technician, February 2008–August 2011
 
- Loyola University Cardiovascular Institute
- University of Notre Dame, B.S., 2007
- University of Illinois Chicago School of Law, J.D., 2014
 
- Illinois
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
 
- Professional Activities and Memberships- The Copyright Society of the USA
- Phi Alpha Delta Legal Fraternity
- The Order of John Marshall
- Board Member, Trial Advocacy and Dispute Resolution Honors Council
 
Andrew's Insights
Firm News | 8 min read | 08.21.25
Washington – August 21, 2025: The 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® has recognized 49 Crowell & Moring lawyers as Best Lawyers and 33 lawyers as Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch. The publication also named partner Jason Murray as Lawyer of the Year for Antitrust Law in Los Angeles.
- Client Alert | 2 min read | 05.27.25 - Federal Circuit Resolves Circuit Split on Scope of IPR Estoppel 
- Firm News | 8 min read | 08.15.24 
- Client Alert | 3 min read | 06.04.24 - Federal Circuit Abandons Decades-Old Obviousness Test For Design Patents 
Recognition
- The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch–Intellectual Property Law, 2021
- Hon. Howard T. Markey Distinguished Scholar, 2011–2014
- The John Marshall Review of Intellectual Property Law: Lead Articles Editor
Andrew's Insights
Firm News | 8 min read | 08.21.25
Washington – August 21, 2025: The 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® has recognized 49 Crowell & Moring lawyers as Best Lawyers and 33 lawyers as Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch. The publication also named partner Jason Murray as Lawyer of the Year for Antitrust Law in Los Angeles.
- Client Alert | 2 min read | 05.27.25 - Federal Circuit Resolves Circuit Split on Scope of IPR Estoppel 
- Firm News | 8 min read | 08.15.24 
- Client Alert | 3 min read | 06.04.24 - Federal Circuit Abandons Decades-Old Obviousness Test For Design Patents 
Insights
- SCOTUS' 131-year itch: Georgia v Public.Resource.Org, Inc |- 02.18.20 - Intellectual Property Magazine 
- A Higher Bar for Establishing a Licensing-Based Domestic Industry, 37 ITC TRIAL LAW. ASS'N, 337 REP.: The Paul J. Luckern Summer Associate Edition 59 (2013). |- 01.01.13 
- Cardiac myosin binding protein-C is a potential diagnostic biomarker for myocardial infarction, co-author, 52 J. OF MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR CARDIOLOGY 154 (2012). |- 01.01.12 
- Novel approach to admittance to volume conversion for ventricular volume measurement, co-author, CONF PROC IEEE ENG MED BIOL SOC. (2011); 2011:2514-7. |- 01.01.11 
- Connective Tissue Growth Factor Gene Expression in the Failing Human Heart, co-author, 29 THE J. OF HEART AND LUNG TRANSPLANTATION 61 (Supp. 2010). |- 01.01.10 
- Deiodinase Expression in a Rodent Model of Myocardial Infarction, co-author, FASEB J. 23:626.2 (2009). |- 01.01.09 
 
Practices
Industries
Andrew's Insights
Firm News | 8 min read | 08.21.25
Washington – August 21, 2025: The 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® has recognized 49 Crowell & Moring lawyers as Best Lawyers and 33 lawyers as Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch. The publication also named partner Jason Murray as Lawyer of the Year for Antitrust Law in Los Angeles.
- Client Alert | 2 min read | 05.27.25 - Federal Circuit Resolves Circuit Split on Scope of IPR Estoppel 
- Firm News | 8 min read | 08.15.24 
- Client Alert | 3 min read | 06.04.24 - Federal Circuit Abandons Decades-Old Obviousness Test For Design Patents 




