Andrea Gold
Andrea Gold earned her law degree from the University of Michigan Law School in 2004, where she was an associate editor of the Journal of Law Reform, co-President of the Law Students for Reproductive Choice, and a student attorney at the Family Law Project clinical program. Ms. Gold graduated with high distinction from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business in 2001, concentrating her studies in Finance and Marketing.
After finishing law school, Ms. Gold was awarded a prestigious public interest fellowship by the Skadden Fellowship Foundation. The Skadden Fellowship Foundation was created by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP, one of the nation’s top law firms, to support the work of new attorneys at public interest organizations around the country. The Skadden Fellowship Foundation receives hundreds of applications each year, but only a very small number of Skadden fellows are selected.
As a Skadden fellow, Ms. Gold represented indigent battered women in dissolution of marriage, paternity, and order of protection matters. In this capacity, Ms. Gold was lead counsel at both trial and various evidentiary hearings. In addition to the aforementioned litigation experience, Ms. Gold provided legal counsel to clients, members of the legal community, and social service providers regarding the Illinois Victim’s Safety and Security Act (VESSA), a state law protecting survivors of abuse from employment discrimination and providing for unpaid leave.
Ms. Gold became an associate at Tycko & Zavareei LLP in October 2006. Since that time, Ms. Gold has taken and defended numerous depositions in various cases, drafted appellate briefing and assisted in preparation for oral argument, participated in an over 25-day civil jury trial (including conducting a direct examination, writing and arguing various motions, preparing witnesses, and drafting jury instructions), and successfully brought and/or defended several case-dispositive motions.
Ms. Gold is a member of the District of Columbia Bar and a licensed member of the State Bar of Illinois. She is also a member of the National Employment Lawyer’s Association and the Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyer’s Association.
