Andrea R. Bernstein Counsel
Andrea is Counsel in the Labor and Employment practice at SWA. Her practice focuses on counseling U.S. and Israel-based clients on all facets of U.S. employment law.
Andrea has more than 18 years of experience in counseling Human Resources personnel and in-house counsel on legal compliance and risk avoidance issues in the employment law context. She also has broad experience in litigating employment cases on behalf of employers, with a particular emphasis on litigation of restrictive covenants, wage and hour matters, and discrimination, harassment, and retaliation claims.
Andrea was recognized by Chambers USA in Associates to Watch for Labor & Employment in 2012 and was awarded Commendation for Excellent Research by U.S. Legal 500.
Education
- Harvard Law School (J.D., cum laude) 1998
- Emory University (B.A., summa cum laude) 1995
Career
- Shareholder, Fowler White Burnett
- Proskauer Rose LLP
- Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
Bar Admission
- Florida
- New York
Representative Matters
- Advising clients with respect to all stages of the employment relationship from the interview to separation, and preparing offer letters, disciplinary warnings, termination notices, and severance agreements.
- Counseling employers regarding the creation and implementation of personnel practices, including drafting employee handbooks and policies.
- Defending employers with respect to non-compete, FLSA, Title VII, ADEA, ADA, Equal Pay Act, and contract claims.
- Conducting wage and hour audits to review employee FLSA classifications.
- Training management personnel as to best practices for the supervision of employees and preparation of employee performance reviews.
- Drafting non-competition, non-disclosure and non-solicitation agreements.
- Counseling non-union workplaces with respect to certain compliance obligations under the National Labor Relations Act.