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Andrew Melzer is an Associate in the New York office of Sanford Wittels & Heisler, LLP.
Mr. Melzer represents individuals in class actions involving wage and hour, discrimination, and consumer protection claims. Mr. Melzer is currently representing clients in a suit against Sonoma County and Sonoma County Jail for failing to treat their son’s sickle cell crisis, which eventually lead to his death...
Andrew Melzer is an Associate in the New York office of Sanford Wittels & Heisler, LLP.
Mr. Melzer represents individuals in class actions involving wage and hour, discrimination, and consumer protection claims. Mr. Melzer is currently representing clients in a suit against Sonoma County and Sonoma County Jail for failing to treat their son’s sickle cell crisis, which eventually lead to his death...
Andrew Melzer is an Associate in the New York office of Sanford Wittels & Heisler, LLP.
Mr. Melzer represents individuals in class actions involving wage and hour, discrimination, and consumer protection claims. Mr. Melzer is currently representing clients in a suit against Sonoma County and Sonoma County Jail for failing to treat their son’s sickle cell crisis, which eventually lead to his death. Mr. Melzer is also representing a class of Level One Managers at Southern New England Telephone Company seeking unpaid overtime.
Prior to joining SWH in November 2007, Mr. Melzer was an attorney at an international organization in Zurich, Switzerland (2005-2007), where he helped to restore lost and stolen assets to Holocaust victims and their heirs. He also served as a judicial law clerk on the Massachusetts Appeals Court (2003-2005), where he clerked for Chief Justice Christopher Armstrong and Justice Benjamin Kaplan. During law school, Mr. Melzer represented clients in employment and civil rights related matters.
About Andrew Melzer
Practice Areas
- Wage & Hour Laws -- Employee
Current Employment Position(s)
- Partner
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- New York, 2004
Education
- New York University School of Law, New York, New York, 2003
J.D - Yale University, 1999
B.A.
Past Positions
- Chief Justice Christopher Armstrong, Massachusetts Appeals Court
- Justice Benjamin Kaplan, Massachusetts Appeals Court
Achievements
Other Sources of Feedback About Andrew Melzer
Honors
- 2021 Benchmark Litigation Labor & Employment Star – Northeast in the practice area of Labor & Employment
- 2020 Benchmark Litigation Labor & Employment Star - Northeast in the practice area of Labor & Employment
- 2020-21 Lawdragon 500 Plaintiff Employment Lawyer
- 2019 Benchmark Litigation Labor & Employment Star - Northeast in the practice area of Labor & Employment
- 2018 Benchmark Litigation Labor & Employment Star - Northeast in the practice area of Labor & Employment
- 2013-2014 Super Lawyers NY Metro Rising Star; 2019-2021 NY Metro Super Lawyer
Office Information
Address
17 State StreetSuite 3700 New York, NY 10004
Fax
- 646-402-5651
Accepts Credit Cards
Yes
Websites
Publication
Articles
- Chambers v. District of Columbia and the Future of Title VII, Saint Louis University Journal Online, Dec. 13, 2021.
- States – The Final Frontier: How State Law and State Courts Can Provide Avenues for Justice and Resist the U.S. Supreme Court’s “Lochner Lite” Anti-Employee and Anti-Consumer Agenda, Wolter Kluwer’s Labor Law Journal, September 14, 2021. Co-Author.
- Whether Employees Can Be Fired for Participating in Peaceful Protests, University of Illinois Law Review Online, Oct. 14, 2020. Co-Author.
- Employers Should Owe a Duty of Loyalty to Their Workers. Cardozo Law Review de•novo, August 2020. Co-Author.
Representative Cases
- Aurora Behavioral Healthcare – Santa Rosa, LLC and Signature Healthcare Services, LLC Whistleblower Retaliation Lawsuit
- Volkswagen AG Age Discrimination Collective Action
- Merck Gender Pay, Promotion, and Pregnancy Discrimination Class Action
- MetLife Overtime Pay Violation Class Action
- Oracle Commissions Wage & Hour Lawsuits
- In re Gateway Plaza Residents Litigation
- Energy Plus Consumer Fraud Class Action – $11 Million Settlement
- Norton Rose Fulbright/Chadbourne & Parke LLP Gender Discrimination Class Action – $3.1 Million Settlement
- Novartis Pharmaceutical Wage & Hour Class Action – $99 Million Settlement
- AT&T Wage & Hour Class Action Litigation – $28 Million Settlement
- University of Arizona Gender Discrimination Collective Action
- Ma Labs Wage and Hour Class Action
- University of Arizona Gender Discrimination Class Action
- City Gear, LLC Wage and Hour Class Action
- Costco Wage and Hour Class Action Litigation
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