Gregory H. Andrews, JD
Principal
Jackson Lewis
Gregory H. Andrews is a Principal in the Chicago, Illinois, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. Much of his work is focused on the representation of employers in traditional labor matters where Mr. Andrews negotiates collective bargaining agreements, defends employers in labor arbitrations and successfully guides employers through union organizing attempts via on-site coaching and training of supervisors and management in addition to representation before the NLRB.
Mr. Andrews’ work is also focused on representing employers in unfair competition, trade secret and restrictive covenant cases in state and federal courts. In addition, he has successfully defended employers in numerous arbitrations, trials, and appeals in state, federal courts. His litigation experience is focused on representing employers of all sizes in a wide variety of industries with an emphasis on representing employers in the hospitality, food and beverage manufacturing and packaging and health care in ADA, FMLA, Title VII, FCA and FLSA single plaintiff and class action cases.
Mr. Andrews’ M.S. in exercise physiology led him into labor and employment law at a time when drug testing was first a mandatory subject of collective bargaining and the ADA had just been signed into law. A frequent speaker for the Illinois, DuPage and Kane County Bar Associations, Mr. Andrews also taught human resources for fifteen years as an instructor for Aurora University and Northern Illinois University’s SHRM Certification Test Preparation Course. He received his Juris Doctorate from Chicago-Kent College of Law in 1992, a Masters in Science from the Illinois in 1987 and his Bachelors of Arts from Luther College in 1980.
