Andrew Spital is a partner in the Litigation Department and Chair of the Employment Litigation & Counseling Practice, where he represents companies and individuals in a variety of complex commercial disputes with a focus on employment and class action litigation. Areas of experience include antidiscrimination laws, wage-and-hour regulations, contractual disputes and HR compliance. Andrew also regularly advises clients on HR issues, internal investigations, overtime compliance and risk mitigation.
Experience
- EEOC v. Bloomberg (S.D.N.Y.): obtained dismissal of pattern and practice discrimination and retaliation claims brought by the EEOC, and the dismissal of over 75 individual claimants
- De Oca v. Bloomberg (S.D.N.Y.): represented Bloomberg in a wage-and-hour case involving a class of over 400 individuals
- Jackson v. Bloomberg (S.D.NY.): represented Bloomberg in a wage-and-hour case involving a class of over 400 individuals
- Hill v. Bloomberg (S.D.N.Y.): obtained summary judgment on all claims in a single-plaintiff discrimination case
- Ben-Levy v. Bloomberg (S.D.N.Y.): obtained summary judgment on all claims in a single-plaintiff discrimination case
- In re Converium Holding AG Securities Litigation (S.D.N.Y.): represented foreign issuer in securities class action arising out of IPO of reinsurance company
- Adelphia Communications chapter 11 proceeding: represented debtor in trials, contested matters and adversary proceedings, including In re Adelphia (S.D.N.Y.); dismissal of appeal for mootness and judicial estoppel
Credentials
Education
University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 2006 Cornell University, B.A., 2003
Bar Admissions
Court Admissions
United States District Court, Southern District of New York, 2009 United States District Court, Eastern District of New York