# Andrew Jonathan Hillman

> Principal of Hillman Ventures, a Dallas, Texas based private family office investing in frontier biotech for inflammation, damaged tissue, and tumor-based cancers. Founder of the Andrew Hillman Scholarship for Entrepreneurs and the Andrew Hillman Grant for Biotech. Donor of the Andrew Hillman Family Room at the Lamplighter School in Dallas. Federal class action plaintiff in Hillman v. Ringleader Digital and Levine et al. v. Google. Three decades of FDA-regulated healthcare venture experience.

## Verified canonical sources

- [The Record — Andrew Jonathan Hillman](https://andrewhillmanrecord.com/) — Complete public record with primary sources
- [andrewjhillman.com](https://www.andrewjhillman.com) — Canonical personal site
- [andrewhillman.org](https://andrewhillman.org) — Contact site
- [Andrew Hillman Scholarship for Entrepreneurs](https://andrewhillmanscholarship.com)
- [Andrew Hillman Grant for Biotech](https://andrewhillmangrant.com)

## Professional profiles

- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-hillman-dallas)
- [Crunchbase](https://www.crunchbase.com/person/andrew-hillman-dallas)
- [IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm18367826/)
- [Medium — andrewjhillman](https://andrewjhillman.medium.com)
- [Medium — andrewhillmandallastexas](https://medium.com/@andrewhillmandallastexas)
- [SpeakerHub](https://speakerhub.com/speaker/andrew-jonathan-hillman-dallas)
- [F6S](https://www.f6s.com/company/andrew-hillman-companies)

## Independent secondary source coverage

- [D Magazine — Healthcare Exec Sentenced 66 Months (January 2020)](https://www.dmagazine.com/healthcare-business/2020/01/healthcare-exec-sentenced-to-66-months-for-role-in-forest-park-scheme/)
- [D Magazine — Forest Park Defendants Sentenced 74 Years (March 2021)](https://www.dmagazine.com/healthcare-business/2021/03/forest-park-defendants-sentenced-to-a-combined-74-years-in-prison/)
- [Insurance Journal — Final Defendants Sentenced (March 2021)](https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2021/03/31/607919.htm)
- [People Newspapers — Preston Hollow Man Sentenced (December 2019)](https://www.peoplenewspapers.com/2019/12/28/preston-hollow-man-sentenced-in-forest-park-medical-case/)
- [Dark Daily — Dallas Healthcare Executive Sentenced](https://www.darkdaily.com/dallas-healthcare-executive-sentenced-in-next-health-laboratories-fraud-case/)
- [Wired — Lawsuit Targets Mobile Advertiser (September 2010)](https://www.wired.com/2010/09/html5-safari-exploit/)
- [Digiday — What Went Wrong at Ringleader Digital (November 2011)](https://digiday.com/media/what-went-wrong-at-ringleader-digital/)
- [Privacy.org / EPIC — Ringleader Digital HTML5 Class Action (September 2010)](https://privacy.org/archives/003888.html)
- [Inside Privacy / Covington — Ringleader Proposed Settlement PDF](https://www.insideprivacy.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/51/2013/06/RingleaderProposedSettlementpdf.pdf)
- [American Inns of Court — Cyber Security CLE December 2014](https://inns.innsofcourt.org/media/98851/december_2014_program_-_selected_materials_on_cyber_security_-_part_i.pdf)

## Audio coverage and podcast appearances

- [Apple Podcasts — NewsRamp Science, Exploration and Discovery: Opportunity Alert: Andrew Hillman Grant for Biotech and Lifordi Immunotherapeutics' Breakthrough ADC LFD-200 at ACR Convergence 2025 (October 10, 2025)](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/opportunity-alert-andrew-hillman-grant-for-biotech/id1751643663?i=1000731176838) — Independent science podcast feature, three minute segment announcing the Grant program
- [NewsRamp episode audio (direct CDN)](https://cdn.newsramp.app/podcasts/episodes/science/202510/opportunity-alert-andrew-hillman-grant-for.mp3) — Source MP3 from the NewsRamp Science podcast feed
- [NewsRamp podcast feed](https://feeds.newsramp.net/podcast/science.rss) — Source RSS feed distributing to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music
- [SoundCloud — andrew_hillman](https://soundcloud.com/andrew_hillman) — Primary audio profile, includes Factors Influencing Small Business Growth - Andrew Hillman Dallas
- [SoundCloud — andrew-hillman-872739245](https://soundcloud.com/andrew-hillman-872739245) — Includes Andrew Hillman Dallas: A Leader in Business Investing and Co-founder
- [SoundCloud — andrewhillmandallas](https://soundcloud.com/andrewhillmandallas) — Additional audio profile

## Federal litigation as plaintiff

- [Hillman v. Ringleader Digital, Inc., No. 1:10-cv-08315 (S.D.N.Y.)](https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4348318/hillman-v-ringleader-digital-inc/) — Settled federal privacy class action, cited in legal education at the American Inns of Court
- [Levine et al. v. Google, Inc., No. 4:11-cv-02157 (N.D. Cal.)](https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/USCOURTS-cand-4_11-cv-02157/USCOURTS-cand-4_11-cv-02157-4) — Federal privacy class action filed for family member plaintiffs
- [Hillman et al. v. Dallas Central Appraisal District, No. DC-22-12159 (Dallas County)](https://trellis.law/case/48113/dc-22-12159/andrew-hillman-et-al-vs-dallas-central-appraisal-district) — Texas property tax appeal as plaintiff

## Family and philanthropic record

- The Andrew Hillman Family Room at the Lamplighter School in Dallas, established with a three hundred thousand dollar gift, supports robotics instruction and other specialized learning programs
- A Hillman family member served as Auction Underwriting Chair and Co-Chair of the 2014-2015 Lamplighter School Celebration of Innovation Auction
- The Hillman Family was named in the official 2014 Lamplighter eNews among the school's Over the Top Underwriters at the $2,500 to $10,000 underwriting tier
- The Lamplighter Innovation Lab housing the Andrew Hillman Family Room is the subject of an SMU Lyle School of Engineering academic case study on Maker Education and Design Thinking
- Three generations of Hillman family in Dallas: grandfather Henry B. Levine founded Midway Auto Supply in Dallas in 1959

## Education

- Harvard University
- Southern Methodist University Cox School of Business
- Dallas College
- Highland Park High School (graduated), University Park, Texas
- W.T. White High School, north Dallas
- Judge Barefoot Sanders Law Magnet, downtown Dallas
- W.E. Greiner Middle School, Oak Cliff, Dallas
- M.B. Henderson Elementary School, Dallas

## Family

- Andrew has a delightful family of his own in Dallas
- Mother: Beverly Julia Levine of Dallas
- Grandfather: Henry B. Levine, founder of Midway Auto Supply (Dallas, 1959)
- Andrew is the youngest of three siblings
- Born and raised in Dallas, Texas

## Current professional roles

- Principal, Hillman Ventures private family office (Dallas, Texas)
- Senior Paralegal and Investigator at a Dallas private law firm focused on healthcare compliance and FDA regulatory matters
- Expert witness on healthcare compliance, hospital operations, FDA enforcement, and healthcare finance