Overview
Andraya Pulaski Brunau, a litigator, assists diverse clients in intellectual property disputes. Andraya represents businesses in trademark, copyright, patent and trade secret disputes in federal courts and in proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Andraya also represents companies, fiduciaries, and individuals in a wide range of litigation in federal and state courts, including claims involving contracts, fiduciary duties, business torts, unfair trade practices, negligence, product liability, real estate, and undue influence and trust construction. Andraya has served clients in the aerospace, toy, wine, financial services, healthcare, life sciences, energy and manufacturing industries.
Andraya has briefed and argued complex dispositive and discovery motions on behalf of clients in state and federal courts and arbitral forums. Her appellate experience includes arguing appeals before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the Connecticut Appellate Court, and preparing many appellate briefs.
Andraya is dedicated to pro bono and community service. She successfully represented a pro bono client in an appeal before the Second Circuit related to his constitutional right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment. Andraya also serves on the firm’s pro bono committee, and is the liaison for pro bono cases in the District of Connecticut.
Andraya is the co-chair of the firm’s women’s initiative, Women Working Together, and takes the lead in developing programming focused on WWT members’ personal and professional development, including business, finance and communications skills training. Andraya also takes a lead role in mentoring junior attorneys, and planning networking events for female attorneys in our Connecticut offices.
Before joining Day Pitney, Andraya clerked for the Honorable Robert E. Beach, Jr. of the Connecticut Appellate Court.
Education and Credentials
Education
- University of Connecticut School of Law, J.D., with Honors, 2013, Connecticut Public Interest Law Journal, Senior Articles Editor
- Providence College, B.A., magna cum laude, 2010, Pi Mu Epsilon; Phi Alpha Theta, Pi Delta Phi
Admissions
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts
- U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- State of Connecticut
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Affiliations
- American Bar Association, Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section
- Connecticut Bar Association, Young Lawyers Section, Executive Committee, 2019-present
- Federal Bar Council, Intellectual Property Committee
- Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO), Women in IP Law Committee
- International Trademark Association
Recognition and Community
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Recognitions
Selected to the list of Ones to Watch for Appellate Practice, 2021-2025; Commercial Litigation, 2021-2025; and Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants, 2021-2025 by The Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White, Inc.)
Selected to the list of Connecticut Super Lawyers Rising Stars (Thomson Reuters), Business Litigation, 2019-2023, Intellectual Property Litigation, 2024
Community Involvement
Connecticut Technology Council, Women of Innovation Award, Judge (2023)
In The Media
Media Mention
- Day Pitney Atty Honored For Helping Other Women Advance, Law360 Pulse, February 24, 2022
- Movers & Shakers column, Hartford Business Journal, January 31, 2022
- Day Pitney Elects Its Largest Class of New Partners, Two from Hartford Office, MetroHartford Alliance, January 13, 2022
- Day Pitney's 2022 Newly Promoted Partners Featured in BBA's Law Firm Newsletter, Boston Bar Association Law Firm Newsletter, January 13, 2022
- Day Pitney Elects Largest-Ever Class of New Partners, Connecticut Law Tribune, January 10, 2022