Andrew C. Melzer

An attorney with over 18 years of legal experience, Andrew C. Melzer is a Partner in the New York office of Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight, LLP, where he is Co-Chair of the firm's Wage and Hour Practice Group.

He has been successful in handling employment and labor law issues involving wage and hour claims, employee discrimination, retaliation, qui tam/whistleblower actions, civil rights and other public interest matters. 

With a determination to work closely with clients and fight for their rights and interests, Mr. Melzer tailors strategies to the particular needs and objectives of each client. He has experience handling all aspects of complex litigation in trial and appellate courts and has secured favorable results, including millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements for individual plaintiffs and class members. 

Mr. Melzer pursued his Bachelor of Arts in history at Yale University and graduated with distinction in the year 1999. He received a doctorate in law from the New York University School of Law in 2003 and obtained his license to practice law in New York in 2004. He served as a judicial law clerk at the Massachusetts Appeals Court for Chief Justice Christopher Armstrong and esteemed jurist Benjamin Kaplan. He is also qualified to appear before the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd and 9th Circuits, and the U.S. District Court for the Northern and Southern Districts of New York.

As a McCleary Law Fellow at the Human Rights Campaign, Mr. Melzer helped a civil rights organization submit an amicus curiae brief. In addition, he has also drafted briefs and petitions to the California Supreme Court, United States Courts of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court. He also has experience serving as a staff attorney at the Claims Resolution Tribunal in Zurich, Switzerland, where he assisted heirs of Holocaust victims with reviving their looted Swiss bank accounts.

In honor of his professionalism and client services, Mr. Melzer has been listed in the Lawdragon 500’s Leading Plaintiff Employment and Civil Rights Lawyers list from 2020-2024. He was rated “Superb” through Avvo and named to the list of “Labor & Employment Stars” by Benchmark Litigation.