Andrea Kramer

Andrea has represented businesses, nonprofit institutions and organizations, and individuals for nearly three decades, primarily in the areas of commercial and business disputes, noncompetition agreements, employment law, and civil rights litigation in both federal and state courts. The breadth of her experience includes litigating cases involving breach of contract, earn-out agreements, noncompetition agreements, shareholder disputes in closely held corporations, employment, housing, and public accommodation discrimination claims, wage and hour disputes, whistleblower claims, professional liability, director and officer liability, property disputes, and trademark, trade secrets, and copyright claims. She also regularly appears, with remarkable success, before state and federal agencies on employment-related matters, including the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD) and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

Andrea also has an active appellate practice. In addition to appearing in state and federal appellate courts, Andrea has authored or participated in over a dozen appellate briefs in Massachusetts and federal appellate courts, including on behalf of the Massachusetts Attorney General and on issues of importance to women and children on behalf of the Women’s Bar Association (WBA). The content of her briefs have often found their way into the courts’ written decisions.

Andrea Kramer has been repeatedly recognized as one of the top lawyers practicing in Boston, including being named a Top Woman of Law Honoree by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly and one of the top 10 SuperLawyers in Massachusetts. A longtime leader in the law and in the community, Andrea has been a Lecturer on Law and guest lecturer at Harvard Law School, she taught courses on sex discrimination and uses of scientific evidence in litigation as an adjunct professor at Brandeis University, and she has been a guest lecturer in a mediation and arbitration course at Boston University Law School. She has presented and been published on various legal issues and has served in leadership positions in various nonprofit organizations, including as president of the WBA.

In addition to her legal practice, Andrea enjoys traveling, following baseball, watching movies, bicycling, and paddleboarding.

Education

• J.D., magna cum laude Harvard Law School (1987 — 1990)
• B.A., magna cum laude Wellesley College (1981 — 1985)

Companies

• Leader ProtectedAtWork Coalition & WBA Task Force (2021)
• Attorney Kramer Law LLC (2016)
• Founding Attorney Kramer Frohlich LLC (2016)
• Chief, Civil Rights Division Massachusetts Attorney General's Office (2015 — 2016)
• Litigator (Business and Employment Law) Hirsch Roberts Weinstein LLP (2008 — 2015)
• Lecturer on Law, Problem Solving Workshop Harvard Law School (2013 — 2015)
• Partner Sullivan Weinstein McQuay (1999 — 2008)
• Adjunct Professor Brandeis University (1999 — 2007)
• Attorney Goodwin Procter (1995 — 1999)