Andrew Macurdy
Top rated Employment & Labor attorney in New York, New York
Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight, LLP
Practice areas: Employment & Labor, Civil Litigation; view more
Licensed in New York since: 2012
Education: Harvard Law School
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2025 - 2026 Call today:
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Andrew Macurdy serves as a partner at Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight, LLP, in New York, New York, where he co-chairs the firm's Trial Practice Group. His practice concentrates on employment and labor civil litigation, whistleblower claims, corporate misconduct cases and discrimination matters throughout the New York metro area.
Mr. Macurdy brings substantial courtroom experience to his role, having tried more than a dozen jury cases in both federal and state courts as prosecutor and defense counsel. His background includes representing individuals and classes in public interest litigation, combining his prosecutorial insight with advocacy for those facing workplace injustices.
Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Macurdy built an impressive career in public service across New Jersey's government levels. As senior counsel to the New Jersey Attorney General, he oversaw criminal justice policy and drafted guidelines for police departments. His tenure as an Assistant United States Attorney in New Jersey involved prosecuting various financial crimes, including securities fraud, Ponzi schemes and some of the earliest major cases involving fraud against COVID-19 relief programs.
Mr. Macurdy began his prosecutorial career at the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office, handling robbery, assault and misconduct cases. His legal journey started in Washington, D.C., as an antitrust litigation associate, followed by clerkships with Chief Judge Michael A. Chagares and Judge Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum.
A Harvard Law School cum laude graduate, Mr. Macurdy edited the Harvard Law Review, and earned his undergraduate degree from Swarthmore College as a Phi Beta Kappa member. He has contributed to legal education as faculty at Harvard Law School's Trial Advocacy Program and as an adjunct professor at Seton Hall Law School. He is admitted to practice in New York and New Jersey courts, including federal district courts. His professional recognition includes being named to the Lawdragon 500 - Leading Civil Rights & Plaintiff Employment Lawyers in both 2023 and 2024.
Practice areas
Employment & Labor: Employee, Civil Litigation: PlaintiffFocus areas
Employment Law - Employee, Labor Law, Sexual Harassment, Unions, Wage & Hour Laws, Whistleblower
- 10% Employment & Labor: Employee
- 90% Civil Litigation: Plaintiff
First Admitted: 2012, New York
Professional Webpage: https://sanfordheisler.com/team/andrew-macurdy/
Bar / Professional Activity
- Mr. Macurdy serves as a Faculty member at Harvard Law School in the Trial Advocacy Workshop, 2025
- New York
- New Jersey
- U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Verdicts / Settlements (Case Results)
- Mr. Macurdy was co-lead trial counsel for the plaintiff in Graham Chase Robinson v. Robert De Niro and Canal Productions, Inc. The gender discrimination and retaliation lawsuit resulted in a jury verdict for Ms. Robinson of $1.2 million., 2023
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Representative Clients
- Mr. Macurdy is co-counsel for Elsie E. Dominguez, a civilian mariner in the U.S. Merchant Marines, in her civil lawsuit alleging that the United States, through its agents in the U.S. Navy and MSC, failed to protect Ms. Dominguez, an alleged rape victim, from sexual assault by her commanding officer; failed to provide safe working conditions aboard the vessel, in accordance with the Navy’s own stated rules for its ships; and failed to maintain an adequate system for reporting sexual assault., 2023
Educational Background
- Swarthmore College, B.A., 2010
Scholarly Lectures / Writings
- Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout Outs, Law.com, November 17, 2023
- Sanford Heisler Sharp Adds Partner Andrew Macurdy, Former Senior Counsel to New Jersey Attorney General and Former Federal Prosecutor, GlobeNewswire, June 28, 2023
- Sanford Heisler Adds Former NJ AG Counsel To Trial Group, Law360, June 28, 2023
- Sanford Heisler Sharp Recruits Macurdy as Co-Chair of Trial Team, Bloomberg Law, June 28, 2023
- Schlumberger HR Says Remark To Engineer Was ‘Feedback’, Law360, July 19, 2023
- Ex-Schlumberger Engineer Says Dream Job Became ‘Nightmare’, Law360, July 20, 2023
- What to Know About Robert De Niro’s Trial Against Former Assistant, The New York Times, November 3, 2023
- Robert De Niro’s Company Is Found Liable for Gender Discrimination, The New York Times, November 9, 2023
Other Outstanding Achievements
- Mr. Macurdy was featured in Bloomberg Law when it was announced he was joining Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight as Partner and Co-Chair of the firm's Trial Practice, after serving as senior counsel to the New Jersey Attorney General and as an assistant U.S. attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey. https://news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-practice/sanford-heisler-sharp-recruits-macurdy-as-co-chair-of-trial-team, 2023
- Andrew graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School, where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review. He received his undergraduate degree from Swarthmore College with Honors and as a member of Phi Beta Kappa
Honors
- Selected to the seventh annual list of outstanding attorneys, described by Lawdragon as "the lawyers you need when you’ve suffered discrimination; sexual abuse at work or school; or mistreatment by law enforcement or others in positions of trust.", Lawdragon 500 Leading Civil Rights and Plaintiff Employment Lawyers, Lawdragon, 2024
- Selected to sixth annual list of outstanding civil right and plaintiff employment rights attorneys. Attorneys selected through a process "combining independent journalistic research, vetting with peers and adversaries and robust submissions.", Lawdragon 500 Leading Civil Rights and Plaintiff Employment Lawyers, Lawdragon, 2023
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2025 - 2026
