Andrew John (AJ) Rudowitz

Partner

  • Andrew John (AJ) Rudowitz
  • Phone: +1 215 979 1974

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  • Duane Morris LLP
    30 South 17th Street
    Philadelphia, PA 19103-4196
    USA

Andrew John (AJ) Rudowitz is a partner in Duane Morris’s Trial Practice Group, where he represents companies and individuals in high-stakes litigation and government enforcement matters. A seasoned trial lawyer, Mr. Rudowitz has served as first chair in jury trials, bench trials, and arbitrations, and is frequently called upon to lead matters where the stakes, complexity, and visibility demand experienced courtroom advocacy.

Mr. Rudowitz focuses his practice on complex commercial disputes, antitrust and competition litigation, white-collar criminal defense, non-compete and trade secret litigation, and False Claims Act matters. He has extensive experience representing clients across the healthcare industry, including hospitals, health systems, providers, pharmaceutical manufacturers, and medical device companies, as well as clients in the sports and athletics, telecommunications, transportation, and construction sectors.

Drawing on his unique background as a former collegiate and professional basketball player, he has built a national sports law practice representing professional athletes and coaches, universities, NIL collectives and agencies, and sports-related companies. He is particularly sought after for disputes and investigations at the intersection of athletics, compliance, and commercial risk.  In addition to his litigation practice, Mr. Rudowitz conducts internal investigations for higher education institutions and other organizations.

He regularly represents companies and individuals in civil, criminal, and administrative matters involving state and federal government agencies, including the U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Trade Commission, Office of Inspector General, and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Mr. Rudowitz advises clients through investigations, enforcement actions, and litigation involving complex statutory and regulatory regimes, including federal and state antitrust laws, the False Claims Act, the Stark Law, and the Anti-Kickback Statute, and has a track record of guiding clients through these matters efficiently and strategically.

Before entering law school, Mr. Rudowitz played professional basketball in Germany for four years and is proficient in written and spoken German. He is currently an adjunct professor of Sports Law at New York University, where he teaches on legal and business issues shaping modern athletics.

Mr. Rudowitz is active in Duane Morris’s Pro Bono Program, with a focus on Veterans’ Rights and Juvenile Lifers Without Parole matters.

He earned his J.D., summa cum laude, from Temple University Beasley School of Law in 2017, where he served as Articles Editor of the Temple Law Review. During law school, he was a judicial intern to the Honorable Juan R. Sánchez of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Mr. Rudowitz received his B.S. in Business Management from Stonehill College in 2010.

Representative Matters

  • Represented a candy manufacturer in consumer class action related to product recall. Obtained early favorable resolution for client.

  • Represented former professional football player in successfully obtaining summary judgment on all claims, and awarded punitive damages.

  • Represented minority owners of urgent care business in action against majority owner on claims of fraud and embezzlement.

  • Represented pharmaceutical manufacturer in three-day arbitration hearing concerning misrepresentations in the sale of a manufacturing plant.

  • Represented clean energy innovator and manufacturer in two-day arbitration hearing concerning dispute over exclusivity to a technology.

  • Represented Virtua Health System and Our Lady of Lourdes Health System in commercial litigation brought by Deborah Heart & Lung Center in New Jersey state court whereby Deborah claimed that Virtua’s acquisition of Lourdes in 2019 caused Lourdes to breach a restrictive covenant in a contract between Deborah and Lourdes, and resulted in Virtua inducing the alleged breach and competing unfairly with Deborah. This matter was resolved by the mutual agreement of the parties and dismissed in its entirety with prejudice.

  • Representing former pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli in defending against allegations of monopoly maintenance and anticompetitive conduct under the Sherman Act, in Federal Trade Commission, et al. v. Vyera Pharmaceuticals LLC, et al. (S.D.N.Y).

  • Defended generic pharmaceutical supplier in multidistrict price-fixing cases.

  • Represented the President of an information technology staffing firm in criminal prosecution for visa fraud and criminal forfeiture.

  • Represented Otto Bock HealthCare North America, Inc. in FTC investigation and litigation. FTC Docket No. 9378

  • Successfully represented a U.S. company in an eighteen (18) month hearing before the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board involving complicated legal issues under the Pennsylvania gaming law, comparison of the regulation of a licensee in Hong Kong with the regulation of a registered investment adviser in the United States, as well as a comparison of the regulation of an investment company in the Cayman Islands with the regulation of an investment company in the United States.

  • Represented Virtus Pharmaceuticals, a specialty pharmaceutical company, in a recent mediation against a now defunct contract drug manufacturer and its insurers. Recovered all of Virtus' multi-million dollar losses resulting from a national recall of two drugs made by the manufacturer.

Admissions

  • Pennsylvania
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
  • U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Education

  • Temple University Beasley School of Law, J.D., summa cum laude, 2017
    - Articles Editor, Temple Law Review
  • Stonehill College, B.A., 2010

Experience

  • Duane Morris LLP
    - Partner, 2026-present
    - Senior Associate, 2025
    - Associate, 2017-2024

  • New York University
    - Adjunct Professor, Sports Law, 2025-present
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
     - Judicial Intern to the Honorable Juan Sanchez, 2016-2017

Professional Activities

  • American Bar Association
  • Pennsylvania Bar Asssociation
  • Philadelphia Bar Association

Honors and Awards

  • Named a Lawyers on the Fast Track, Large Firm Honoree by The Legal Intelligencer’s 2025 Pennsylvania Legal Awards
  • Named to Best Lawyers "Ones to Watch," 2023-2025

Civic and Charitable Activities

  • Volunteer - Child Life Services at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, February 2022-present 

Selected Publications

Selected Speaking Engagements

  • Panelist, “Locker Room Talk: The Attorney Athlete Relationship,” 2025 Brooklyn Law School Sports Law Symposium, October 24, 2025
  • Speaker, "Game Face & Brand Space: NIL in Sports and Media," New York Intellectual Property Law Association IP Transactions Bootcamp, October 14, 2025
  • Moderator, "Game Changers: Unlocking Potential in Women’s and Emerging Sports Leagues and Advancements in Sports Tech," Duane Morris LLP, April 24, 2025
  • Guest Lecturer, “Name, Image & Likeness (NIL),” NYU Preston Robert Tisch Institute for Global Sport, November 12, 2024
  • Speaker, “Representation of College Athletes,” Temple Law Review Symposium on A House Divided: A Legal and Practical Discussion on the Changing Landscape of College Athletics, October 17, 2024
  • Speaker, “Name, Image & Likeness (NIL),” New York Intellectual Property Law Association IP Transactions Bootcamp, October 8, 2024

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