Andrew Sullo, Founding Member & Partner
Biography: Andrew joined his brother in forming Sullo & Sullo, L.L.P. in 2000. He currently leads the firm's National Pharmaceutical and Products Liability Group as well as its local Personal Injury and Catastrophic Event Dockets. He has represented hundreds of plaintiffs nationwide in cases involving the U.S. Anti-Terrorism Statute, Talcum Powder Ovarian Cancer, Stryker Rejuvenate/ABGII hips, recalled DePuy ASR hips, DePuy Pinnacle hips, Transvaginal Mesh Failure, IVC Filter Injuries, and Xarelto Internal Bleeding Incidents. He also represents a multitude of clients in Houston that were victims of Hurricane Harvey’s controlled flooding releases as well as a robust docket of car and truck accident cases.
Andrew has logged more than 8,000 hours in front of a multitude of judges in court and has tried hundreds of cases to verdict. Sullo & Sullo Attorneys received the Reader's Choice Award for The Best Law Firm in 2011 by the three Houston neighborhoods of River Oaks, West University Place, and Bellaire. Andrew was recognized as the 2012 ‘Best of the Best’ Criminal Practice Lawyer in Texas by the Texas Lawyers Group
In 2014, Managing Partner Andrew Sullo began servicing the firm’s clients that had been injured by many of the world’s largest corporations. Since that time, he has obtained combined settlements in excess of $50 million on behalf of his clients against multiple NYSE traded companies including one corporation noted as a Fortune 100 Company with worldwide revenue exceeding $60 billion. When asked about the success of the firm’s personal injury division, Andrew opined, “Participating in litigation against a company with a $300 billion market cap taught me the resolve and fortitude necessary to fight the largest corporations on behalf of those clients that need a voice.”
In 2018, Sullo & Sullo was invited to join a small and elite group of law firms litigating against foreign banks for laundering money on behalf of Iran in violation of the US Anti- Terrorism Act. BNP Paribas, a French bank, plead guilty to criminal charges and agreed to pay over $8 billion in violations. HSBC Holding Group, a London bank, agreed to pay $1.25 billion in penalties as a condition of a deferred prosecution agreement. Several other banks paid hundreds of millions of dollars each in settlements, fines, and deferred prosecution agreements based on anti-terrorism law violations. Sullo & Sullo is now prosecuting these banks on behalf of injured and fallen US soldiers and contractors who served in the Iraq War.
Andrew Sullo has recently been named as a TOP 100 NATIONAL TRIAL LAYWER for the 8th consecutive year by the National Trial Lawyers Association.
Education and Professional Background: B.S. in Finance & Business Administration, Trinity University, 1997; Juris Doctorate (J.D.), South Texas College of Law, 2000;
Admitted to Practice: State of Texas, 2000; United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, 2003; United States Court of Federal Claims, 2018.