Andrée Peart Laney is Counsel in the New Jersey office of Bressler, Amery & Ross, P.C., where she represents employers throughout the nation on a wide range of labor and employment issues, including discrimination and whistleblower complaints, wage and hour claims, class and collective actions, noncompetition and trade secret protection forms, U5 defamation claims, FINRA arbitrations, terminations and reductions-in-force, family and medical leaves, disability accommodations, regulatory compliance, and post-merger integrations. She also prepares and reviews corporate policies, e-discovery procedures, and employee handbooks, negotiates and drafts employment and separation agreements, and conducts internal audits, trainings, and investigations of workplace issues for corporate employees and management.
Ms. Laney has, for example, reviewed cross-cultural recruitment and diversity media for Swiss and U.K. employers to ensure compliance with U.S. employment laws. For certain U.K. employers, she has prepared compliant independent contractor agreements for U.S. citizens employed by U.K. enterprises. Most recently, she has joined Bressler's E-Discovery Practice to contribute her valuable experience in auditing and overseeing legal compliance with electronic data and document retention requirements, legal hold directives, and electronic discovery requests and productions.
Ms. Laney has an extensive background in employment law practice. Prior to joining Bressler, Amery & Ross as Counsel, she was an Associate General Counsel at UBS Financial Services, Inc., a Senior Trial Attorney and an Administrative Judge for the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), and in private practice. She has made presentations on employment law topics at the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, the Practicing Lawyers' Institute, the National Employment Law Association, and the Minority Corporate Counsel Association.
Ms. Laney received her A.B. from Princeton in 1983 and J.D. from NYU School of Law in 1988. She is admitted to practice in New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut, and before the U.S. District Courts of New Jersey, and the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York. Ms. Laney serves as General Counsel for the National Association of African Americans in Human Resources - Greater New York Chapter, and is a member of the American Bar Association, New Jersey State Bar Association and the New York City Bar Association.
News & Events
Speaking Engagements
Maximize Your Returns: Benefits of Wellness, April 19, 2012
Labor & Employment Law Seminar, October 2011
Labor & Employment Law Seminar, June 2011
Labor & Employment Law Breakfast Seminar, April 2011
Minority Corporate Counsel Association CLE Expo, March 2011
Publications
Other Practice Makes Perfect: The Legacy of Ledbetter (Available to Law360 subscribers at http://www.law360.com/articles/286839/other-practice-makes-perfect-the-legacy-of-ledbetter.)
Law360, December 5, 2011
AT&T Mobility's Impact on Employers' Arbitration Agreements
ABA Section of Litigation: Corporate Counsel, September 6, 2011
"Other Practice" Makes Perfect or What Lilly Ledbetter Taught Me.", Minority Corporate Counsel Association, March 2011 CLE Expo (Available to MCCA members for review at www.mcca.com.)
Professional Affiliations
American Bar Association
The Association of the Bar of the City of New York
National Association for African Americans in Human Resources, Greater New York Chapter, General Counsel
Princeton Alumni Schools Committee, Volunteer