M4L Academy RECORDING: The Failure (or Success) of Ed Tech | Rhetoric for the Republic

Andrew Liddell is a cofounder of the EdTech Law Center alongside his law partner and wife Julie Liddell. A career federal courts litigator, Andy joined the ETLC in January 2025 and now dedicates his practice to solving problems where school meets technology.  

Andy is also a dedicated advocate for youth digital civil rights. A member of the Children’s Screentime Action Network since 2018, Andy has testified before state and federal legislators in support of bills designed to better protect children online, and has worked to persuade regulators to more vigorously enforce the laws on the books to protect kids and families. As part of his legal practice, Andy has provided pro bono legal services to Fairplay, a nonprofit, independent voice for children, as well as to high-profile tech whistleblowers.

Andy holds a B.S. in engineering from Texas A&M University and a J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law. He is active in his community, serving on the board of directors of the Kirby Hall School and on the pro bono committee of the Honorable Lee Yeakel IP Inn of Court.

Andy and Julie live in Austin, Texas, with their two children who, along with their friends and peers, are the inspiration for their law practice.

Suhail Khan serves as Senior Director of External Affairs at Microsoft Corporation and a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Global Engagement, a Christian religious freedom think tank.

Suhail served as a policy advisor and counsel on Capitol Hill, and a senior political appointee with the Bush administration, where he served in the White House and as an advisor for two cabinet secretaries. He was awarded the U.S. DOT Secretary’s Team Award in 2005 and the Gold Medal for Outstanding Achievement in 2007. Suhail was awarded the Young Conservative Coalition's Buckley Award in 2010. 

Suhail was elected to the Board of Directors for the American Conservative Union in 2007 and serves on the Board of Advisors for the interfaith Center for Interreligious Understanding. In 2014, Suhail was appointed to serve on the Asian Pacific American Advisory Council of the Republican National Committee. He also serves on the Board of Advisors for Children's National Medical Center, the American Jewish Committee’s Advisory Council and on the Board of Directors for the American Veterans Center. He has served on political campaigns in California, Iowa, Louisiana, Washington, Pennsylvania, Oregon, Virginia, Kentucky, Massachusetts and Texas.

In addition to his political efforts, Suhail has been a passionate advocate for religious freedom, both in the U.S. and around the globe participating in efforts in countries such as China, Vietnam, Europe and throughout the Middle East. In combating Holocaust-denial and anti-Semitism, Suhail led delegations of major American and global faith leaders to Europe’s death camps in 2010, 2013 and 2020. He was awarded the American Jewish Committee’s Project Interchange Alumnus of the Year in 2021. 

Suhail was born in Boulder, Colorado, and grew up in California. He holds a BA in political science from the University of California at Berkeley and a JD from the University of Iowa.