Service Areas
Education
J.D., Washington University
B.A., University of Missouri
B.S.B.A., University of Missouri
People
Adrianna Northrop
Attorney
Adrianna joined Sandberg Phoenix in 2024 as an attorney after working as a Summer Associate in 2023. Adrianna focuses her work in Business Litigation and Intellectual Property, specifically trademarks.
While in law school, Adrianna was the Associate Editor of Washington University Journal of Law and Policy and was published in the Washington University Journal of Law and Policy: An Evaluation of Recommendation-Based Algorithms in the Context of Gonzalez v. Google, 75 Wash. U. J. L. & Pol’y 260 (2024). She also was a Teaching Assistant at Center of Academic Success and Legal English and a Teaching Assistant for Free Speech on Campus compressed course while also a research assistant for a professor at Washington University in St. Louis.
When not in the office Adrianna enjoys walking her dog, Clove; spending time with family; and attending concerts and plays.
Publications
Co-author, “Insurer’s Duties to Defend and Indemnify: Missouri” Westlaw (June 30th, 2025)
Representative Experience
Obtained judgment on the pleadings enforcing an assault and battery exclusion in a Commercial General Liability Policy in United States District Court-Western Missouri following a lawsuit filed against a bar for claims of negligent supervision and training and negligence relating to an altercation that resulted in bodily injury to a bar patron. Our firm successfully intervened and stayed the underlying state court lawsuit on behalf of our insurer client while simultaneously obtaining a Declaratory Judgment to enforce the exclusion in federal court.
Thought leadership by Adrianna Northrop:
