Ashley Ratycz is a Partner at McAndrews, where she focuses on patent litigation in technology fields ranging from medical devices to communications systems. In addition to being well-versed in all phases of litigation practice, she has extensive experience in both bench and jury trials, as well as inter partes review proceedings before the USPTO.

Ashley graduated cum laude from Notre Dame Law School where she was the President of the Intellectual Property Law Society and a captain of the Notre Dame Women’s Boxing Team. During law school, Ashley participated in the National Immigrant Justice Center’s externship program where she assisted clients seeking asylum. Ashley received awards for best brief and best speaker in legal writing and participated as a Fellow in the Indiana Conference for Legal Education Opportunity Program.

Prior to law school, Ashley graduated magna cum laude from the University of Notre Dame where she earned her Master of Science in Chemistry. Ashley also graduated magna cum laude from the University of Dayton where she earned her Bachelor of Science in Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry.