Andrew F. Rodheim

ANDY RODHEIM maintains a diverse complex litigation practice. He represents and advises large and small companies in a variety of litigation and arbitration matters, including high-stakes contract disputes, consumer class actions, bankruptcy litigation, securities matters, antitrust matters, and appeals.

Andy has substantial experience in all aspects of litigation. He has drafted dispositive motions in federal and state court, drafted appellate briefs in federal courts of appeals and state appellate courts, and drafted certiorari petitions, amicus briefs, and merits briefs at the Supreme Court of the United States. He has argued motions and appeals in federal and state court. He has worked with fact and expert witnesses in advance of deposition and trial testimony and examined fact and expert witnesses at trial. He has experience in all aspects of discovery, including developing and executing overall case strategy, negotiating and litigating disputes, taking and defending depositions, and day-to-day case management.

Prior to joining Sidley, Andy served as a law clerk to Judge Joel M. Flaum of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Andy received his J.D., magna cum laude, from Northwestern University School of Law, where he received the John Paul Stevens Prize for graduating first in his class. While at Northwestern, Andy served as a managing editor of the Northwestern University Law Review and participated in the school’s Supreme Court Clinic.

Commerical Disputes

• Private equity firm and portfolio company in federal court case involving a variety of breach of contract and business tort claims. Won a series of motions, including defeating a motion for preliminary injunction, before favorable settlement.
• Railroad company in preliminary injunction proceedings in federal court arising out of contract dispute. Successfully defeated preliminary injunction motion.
• Global beverage manufacturer in international arbitration brought by a customer alleging breach of contract relating to supply shortages.
• Fortune 500 packaging company in arbitration in high-stakes contract dispute relating to alleged supply shortages.

Consumer Class Actions

• Several companies, including a Fortune 50 healthcare company, Fortune 500 computer software company, Fortune 500 technology company, and publicly traded national retailer in class action lawsuits alleging violations of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA).
• Fortune 50 healthcare company in class action alleging violations of RICO and consumer fraud statutes.
• Publicly-traded financial services company in class action lawsuits alleging violations of federal and state privacy statutes. Obtained dismissal in one case, and successfully compelled arbitration in the other case.

Bankruptcy and Restructuring Matters

• Obtained defense and counterclaim victory in arbitration in breach of contract dispute, and victories at the bankruptcy court, district court, and Third Circuit, in matters involving contract dispute related to multi-billion-dollar bankruptcy in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.
• Furniture and appliance retailer with over US$1.1 billion of total funded debt listed in the filing, in its Chapter 11 cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.
• Television and digital media company in Chapter 11 proceedings in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas.

Appellate Litigation

• Equipment manufacturing company in Seventh Circuit appeal stemming from preliminary injunction dispute related to Wisconsin Fair Dealership Law.
• Transportation company in Fifth Circuit appeal related to salvage law.
• Railroad company in Illinois Appellate Court appeal of jury verdict arising out of contract dispute.
• The Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights at the Seventh Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Successfully briefed and argued Seventh Circuit appeal, resulting in affirmance of denial of motion for intervention and relief from judgment.

Andy maintains an active pro bono practice. He has served as an instructor in the Supreme Court Clinic at Northwestern University, and he received the firm’s “Thomas H. Morsch award” for pro bono achievement in 2019 for his work challenging the Department of Homeland Security’s “public charge” rule.