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Andy Hament represents management in all areas of employment and labor law. He provides day-to-day counseling and advice on all aspects of the employment relationship such as discipline and discharge, reductions-in-force, collective bargaining, union grievance/arbitrations discrimination issues, sexual harassment investigations, executive employment and severance agreements, trade secret and non-compete issues, drug abuse and drug testing, the Family and Medical Leave Act and violence in the workplace. Andy regularly represents employers in state and federal courts and in investigations and charges before the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Florida Commission on Human Relations, the U.S. Department of Labor, the National Labor Relations Board and the Florida Public Employees Relations Commission.
In 2003, he presented a case to the United States Supreme Court, where he was successful in establishing an important precedent regarding an employer's right to remove wage and hour lawsuits filed under the Fair Labor Standards Act from state court to federal court.
Earlier in his career, Andy was in-house labor counsel to Harris Corporation, where he handled all the company's domestic and international employment, labor and benefits law matters for 30,000 employees worldwide. While at Harris he served for several years as Harris' European Counsel based in Brussels, Belgium.
He is certified by the Florida Bar as a specialist in Labor and Employment Law and is AV� Peer-Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell. Andy was selected as a Florida Legal Elite by Florida Trend magazine in 2005 as well as a top attorney by Super Lawyers 2006 and 2007. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America.
He is licensed to practice law in Florida and Maryland. Andy is admitted to the U.S. Supreme Court; Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals; and the U.S. District Courts for the Middle and Southern Districts of Florida.
Andy currently serves on the board of directors of the United Way of Brevard County, Bridges, Holy Trinity Academy and the South Brevard Society of Human Resource Management. He was previously a director of The Easter Seals of Brevard.
Education
University of Baltimore School of Law
J.D., 1981
Johns Hopkins University
B.A., 1977
Bar Admissions
Florida
Maryland
Practice Areas
ADA
Age Discrimination Employment Act (ADEA)
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Arbitration
Collective Bargaining/Contract Negotiations
Discrimination
Employment Law
Employment Policies and Handbooks Review
Fair Credit Reporting Act
FMLA
Government Contracts
Harassment
Human Resource Audits
Labor Relations
Labor Union Organizing (NLRB)
Layoffs/Plant Closings
Litigation
Management Training
Mergers and Acquisitions
National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)
Restrictive Covenants
Retaliation
Tort Law.
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