Newark, New Jersey, United States
ABOUT: Andy Dwyer has been suing employers for harassment, discrimination and retaliation for almost thirty years. He has built a practice focused on trial and appellate litigation that aggressively advances the rights of employees. Andy is admitted to practice before the States of New Jersey and New York. He is also admitted to practice before the United States District Courts for the District of New Jersey and the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York (which encompass all five boroughs of New York City) as well as the United States Court of Appeals for the Second, Third and Fifth Circuits, and before the United States Supreme Court. Since 1996, Andy has used his skills and experience as a trial and appellate advocate to represent employees against their employers, in cases involving claims of harassment, discrimination and retaliation. He has tried to verdict cases involving diverse claims, including sexual harassment, age discrimination, whistleblowing, race discrimination, denial of tenure, gender and national origin discrimination, failure to accommodate an employee's handicap and breach of contract. He has argued cases at all levels of the New Jersey courts, including the New Jersey Supreme Court, that have set precedents in several areas of employment law, including compelled arbitration, taxation of damages, psychiatric exams of plaintiffs and punitive damages. Because of their high profile nature, many of these cases have attracted media attention. BACKGROUND: Andy graduated from Harvard in 1984 with a degree in Government, and graduated cum laude from the New York University School of Law in 1990. After law school, Andy clerked for the Hon. Dickinson R. Debevoise, U.S.D.J., a United States District Court Judge for the District of New Jersey. He then worked for the National Office of the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Law & Policy, where he gained extensive experience litigating constitutional and civil rights cases in both state and federal courts around the country, including the United States Supreme Court. Andy worked on several precedent setting cases, including Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey, 505 U.S. 833 (1992). From 1992 through 1995, Andy worked at South Brooklyn Legal Services, gaining extensive trial experience representing tenants against their landlords. Andy Dwyer will advocate for your best interests, whether you're dealing with an employment contract or severance agreement or you've been a victim of harassment or retaliation.