Andrew C. Michaels
Associate Professor
Andrew Michaels teaches in the areas of intellectual property and statutory regulation, and his scholarship has focused primarily in the areas of intellectual property and emerging technologies including blockchain and artificial intelligence. Professor Michaels received his J.D. from New York University School of Law, and subsequently clerked for Judge Pauline Newman at the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit before practicing as a patent litigator for a number of years. Professor Michaels’ work has been quoted by multiple federal district and appellate courts, and has appeared in scholarly journals such as George Mason Law Review, Stanford Journal of Blockchain Law & Policy, Baylor Law Review, and Pepperdine Law Review. He also regularly publishes shorter more practice-oriented pieces in forums such as Law360, and has authored multiple amicus briefs in the U.S. Supreme Court. Professor Michaels served as an advisor to the judicial committee that created the pattern jury instructions for trademark cases in the Fifth Circuit. Immediately prior to joining the Law Center, he was a Visiting Associate Professor and the Frank H. Marks Intellectual Property Fellow at the George Washington University Law School.
