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

Andrew J. Sommer is a partner in the firm’s Los Angeles office. With more than two decades of employment litigation experience, Andrew defends businesses in workplace safety inspections, investigations, and enforcement actions brought by Cal/OSHA and other OSHA state programs. He also advises employers on workplace safety compliance and oversees safety audits and program reviews.

Andrew’s experience includes defending individual and collective actions involving a wide array of wage and hour, whistleblower, disability, and wrongful termination claims. He is a zealous advocate for his clients and takes a strategic and creative approach in resolving disputes, whether in court or administrative proceedings.

Andrew is a sought-after speaker at conferences and events and writes extensively on Cal/OSHA compliance and rulemaking. He has led coalitions of employers and trade organizations in advocating to the Cal/OSHA Standards Board over workplace safety rulemaking and was a member of Cal/OSHA’s COVID-19 Prevention Rulemaking Advisory Committee.

Professional Memberships

Member, American Society of Safety Professionals/Long Beach Chapter

Member, American Bar Association, Workplace & Occupational Safety & Health Law Committee