ANDREW J. LAUER, ESQ.
Mr. Lauer serves as Vice President for Legal Affairs, Secretary and General Counsel of Yeshiva University. In this capacity, Mr. Lauer is responsible for all legal matters pertaining to the University and its affiliates both within the United States and abroad. Mr. Lauer also serves as counsel to the President of the University.
Prior to his appointment at YU, Mr. Lauer was a Partner at the international law firm of Thelen Reid Brown Raysman and Steiner LLP where he maintained a large and diverse practice while also serving as an active member of Thelen's Labor and Employment Law Department. Mr. Lauer served as relationship partner to numerous clients in relation to various areas of legal specialty, including corporate, real estate, litigation, technology, outsourcing, bankruptcy, patent and trademark and he often functioned as outside general counsel to many companies. Mr. Lauer also established and maintained an extensive Israel Practice at Thelen and he worked wtih many Israeli owned and/or affiliated companies and regularly traveled to Israel to meet with his Israeli clients and contacts.
Mr. Lauer also has prior professional experience as Senior Employment Counsel in the Office of General Counsel of PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting (PwC Consulting), where he was responsible for all employment law related matters affecting the firm and its 30,000+ employees. In addition, he was responsible for all in-house employment law related matters pertaining to the planned IPO and the ultimate sale of PwC Consulting to International Business Machines (IBM). Before joining PricewaterhouseCoopers, he served as Assistant General Counsel of Deloitte & Touche USA LLP, serving as counsel to both Deloitte & Touche LLP and Deloitte Consulting LLP. Prior to working at Deloitte, Mr. Lauer was an Assistant District Attorney in the Kings County District Attorney's Office in Brooklyn, New York, where he conducted numerous trials and investigations and was assigned to several bureaus including the elite Trial Cadre unit of the Homicide Bureau.
Mr. Lauer has published numerous articles and is a frequent speaker at training seminars and lectures throughout the United States and abroad. Mr. Lauer is certified as a Master Facilitator in Employment and Management Training by a nationally recognized training vendor.
Education
- New York University School of Law (LL.M. - Labor and Employment Law, 2002)
- Brooklyn Law School (J.D., 1991)
- Queens College of the City University of New York (B.A., 1988)
Bar Admissions
Court Admissions
- Supreme Court of the United States
- U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
- U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York
Professional Affiliations
- National Association of College and University Attorneys
- Association of Corporate Counsel
- American Bar Association
- New York State Bar Association
Charitable/Civic Associations
Mr. Lauer is involved in numerous community causes and serves and/or has served on the Executive Board of several charitable organizations in the New York area. Mr. Lauer is a former President of the Young Israel of Woodmere, former Chairman of the Board of Trustees and Honorary Past-President of the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway, and a member of the Audit Committee and Long Island Board of Ohel Family and Children’s Services. Mr. Lauer also served as pro bono counsel to several organizations and not-for-profits, including the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.
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