Andrew Sommer

Practice Areas

Workplace Safety and Catastrophe Management

California Litigation and Appellate

Class and Collective Actions

Counseling and Advice

Litigation and Trials

Wage and Hour

Career

With more than two decades of employment litigation experience, Andrew Sommer defends businesses in workplace safety inspections, investigations and enforcement actions brought by Cal/OSHA and other OSHA state programs. He is highly experienced in defending individual and collective actions involving a wide array of wage and hour, whistleblower, disability, and wrongful termination claims.

Andrew also advises employers on workplace safety compliance, disciplinary actions, and the interactive process, among other work-related topics. Andrew takes a strategic and creative approach in providing advice and counsel to employers as well as resolving disputes in court and administrative proceedings.

Before joining Fisher Phillips, Andrew was Managing Partner of the California practice for a boutique law firm focusing on labor and employment issues, workplace safety, and related litigation. He previously represented management in employment litigation matters for a national law firm and served as In-House Labor & Employment Counsel for the California Administrative Office of the Courts.

Andrew often speaks at conferences and events and writes frequently on Cal/OSHA compliance, wage and hour compliance, and disability law topics. He has led employer coalitions in advocating to the Cal/OSHA Standards Board over workplace safety rulemaking and formerly was a member of Cal/OSHA’s COVID-19 Prevention Rulemaking Advisory Committee.

Professional Memberships

Member, Cal/OSHA COVID-19 Prevention Rulemaking Advisory Committee

Former Member of the Board and Executive Committee, La Raza Centro Legal

Education