Andrew Sommer
USA Guide 2023
Band 3 : Occupational Safety and Health
Band 3
About
Provided by 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
University of San Francisco School of Law
J.D.
1997
University of California, Berkeley
B.A., with distinction
1991