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Overview

Andrew Delaplane is a litigation associate in the Los Angeles office of Munger, Tolles & Olson. 

Prior to joining the firm, Andrew was a Charles F.C. Ruff Fellow for the Office of the Solicitor General, District of Columbia Office of the Attorney General, where he advised trial attorneys on how to preserve issues for appeal, including in multimillion-dollar cases. Andrew also represented District agencies and public servants as lead counsel of record in cases before the District of Columbia Court of Appeals and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. He successfully argued an appeal before the District of Columbia Court of Appeals that resulted in a published opinion in his client’s favor. He also co-authored several amicus briefs that were filed in federal courts of appeal and the U.S. Supreme Court.

Andrew was the founder and owner of AJ Tech Solutions, a sole proprietorship supporting small businesses and nonprofit organizations with technology planning needs.

At Georgetown University Law Center, he served as managing editor of the American Criminal Law Review’s Annual Survey of White Collar Crime and he was the winner of the Robert J. Beaudry Moot Court Competition. Andrew was also a member of Georgetown’s Domestic Violence Clinic, for which he provided supervised representation to survivors of domestic violence, and he was a Georgetown Special Pro Bono Pledge Honoree for completing over 100 hours of service.

Background Pattern

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Practices

Education
Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., 2019) magna cum laude, Order of the Coif
Azusa Pacific University (B.A., 2015) magna cum laude
Clerkships
Judge Morgan B. Christen, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 2022-2023
Judge Royce C. Lamberth, U.S. District Court, District of Columbia, 2021-2022
Admissions
California
District of Columbia
U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit

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Andrew is a co-chair of the firm’s Food From the Bar initiative. Food from the Bar is an annual six-week spring campaign in which law firms and members of the bar engage in a friendly competition to raise funds, donate food, and volunteer at local food banks.

Publications

  • “‘Shadows’ Cast by Jury Trial Rights on Federal Plea-Bargaining Outcomes,” American Criminal Law Review, 2020