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Andrew C. Melzer
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Biography
Andrew Melzer is a partner in the New York office of Sanford Heisler Sharp and Co-Chair of the firm’s Wage and Hour Practice. He manages all aspects of complex litigation from the initial investigation to pleadings, discovery, class certification, dispositive motions, trial practice, and settlement. He represents individuals in class and collective actions involving wage and hour, discrimination, and consumer protection claims. Andrew also represents individuals in employment, qui tam, and other civil rights matters.
His recent matters include Smith et al. v. Merck, a nationwide gender discrimination class action on behalf of pharmaceutical sales representatives; Ravina v. Columbia Univ., a gender discrimination and retaliation case which resulted in a $1.25 million jury verdict; and In re Gateway Plaza Residents Litigation, an action by tenants of an NYC housing complex alleging breach of the implied warranty of habitability and other claims.
Andrew was trial counsel in a civil rights and wrongful death suit against Sonoma County and numerous other defendants in George v. Sonoma County, et al. who refused to treat plaintiffs’ son’s sickle-cell anemia crisis, which eventually led to his death. The case — which went to a jury trial against certain defendants – resulted in monetary settlements of more than $2 million, as well as an independent third-party study of and changes in the medical and correctional practices of the jail. He also served as trial counsel in Perkins, et al. v. Southern New England Telephone Co., a wage and hour class action that settled post-trial, and played key roles in two related cases which settled for a combined $27 million, making this among the largest recent wage and hour settlements.
Andrew has drafted briefs and petitions to US Courts of Appeals, the United States Supreme Court, and the California Supreme Court. Prior to joining the firm, he was a staff attorney at an international organization in Zurich, that restored lost and stolen assets to Holocaust victims and their heirs. From 2003 to 2005, he was a judicial law clerk on the Massachusetts Appeals Court for Chief Justice Christopher Armstrong and legendary jurist Benjamin Kaplan. In 2002, Andrew was a McCleary Law Fellow at the Human Rights Campaign where he contributed to an amicus brief submitted by civil rights organizations in Lawrence v. Texas.
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Licensed in New York for 21 years
State: New York
Acquired: 2004
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Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight
17 State Street, Suite 3700, New York, NY, 10004
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Experience
Honors
2014
Rising Star, Super Lawyers
2013
Rising Star, Super Lawyers
Work Experience
2007 - Present
Partner, Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP
2003 - 2005
Clerk, Massachusetts Appeals Court
Sample of Legal Cases
re Novartis Wage & Hour Litig., S.D.N.Y.
$99 million settlement
ENERGY PLUS CONSUMER FRAUD CLASS ACTION
$11 million settlement
Education
2003
New York University School of Law
JD - Juris Doctor
1999
Yale University
BA - Bachelor of Arts
Languages
English