Practice:

• Business Litigation
• Labor, Employment & Employee Benefits

Bar Admissions:

Massachusetts
U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Experience:

Andrea Martin joined Burns & Levinson in September of 2006, after participating in the Firm’s Summer Associate program in 2005. In her civil litigation practice, Ms. Martin represents both corporate entities and individuals in all stages of dispute resolution from initial consultation, administrative proceeding, negotiation and mediation, and court proceedings. Her practice covers a variety of business torts, including misrepresentation and fraud, and contractual disputes, including issues in contract formation, interpretation, performance, and payment.

Ms. Martin’s labor and employment practice involves advising clients on all forms of termination and discrimination claims, independent contractor status disputes, enforcement and interpretation of non-compete agreements, and wage and commission disputes. Ms. Martin has represented both employees and employers in disputes before the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, Massachusetts Labor and Workforce Development Organization and the Massachusetts state courts.

Ms. Martin’s practice has also focused on condominium trust disputes, residential property construction and disclosure disputes, and white collar criminal defense investigations.

Additional Information:

• While at Suffolk University Law School, Ms. Martin was a member of the Moot Court Honor Board Staff and a recipient of the Academic Leadership Scholarship and the Suffolk Jurisprudence Award, Criminal Law.

Education:

• J.D., magna cum laude, Suffolk University Law School, May 2006
• B.S., Biology, Boston College, May 2002

Awards:

• Massachusetts Super Lawyers “Rising Star” in 2008. Massachusetts Rising Stars consist of the top 2.5 percent of the up-and-coming attorneys in Massachusetts, and are age 40 or younger or have been practicing for ten or fewer years. The listing appeared in the May issue of Boston Magazine and Massachusetts Super Lawyers Magazine – Rising Stars Edition.

Speaking Engagements: