Religion in the Workplace

Andrew Pletcher brings a vibrant energy and unwavering self-motivation to his role as an attorney. With
a career spanning over 20 years, he has meticulously woven together a tapestry of triumphs in both
transactional negotiations and the heat of the courtroom battle. However, it’s his innate talent for
unraveling complex legal challenges and engineering innovative solutions that truly set him apart.

Has served as Executive Director and General Counsel of the Church State Council since 1994. He is recognized nationally for his expertise in religious employment discrimination matters, having litigated such cases almost exclusively for the past three decades;  and is called on to consult or co-counsel on such cases around the nation. He has litigated cases in the Second, Third, Ninth, Tenth and Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeal. In addition to lecturing frequently to legal groups on religious freedom and religious discrimination topics, he serves as co-chair of the American Bar Association Religious Liberty Committee, on the legislative committee of the California Employment Lawyer’s Association, on the editorial board of Liberty, a magazine of religious freedom; and as President of the North American Religious Liberty Association – West.

Reinach is a member of the New York and California bars, many Federal district and appellate courts and the United States Supreme Court bars. He is a graduate of the State University of New York in New Paltz and the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill School of Law.

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Joe Lovretovich brings over 46 years of experience in employment law, personal injury, premises liability, product liability, wrongful death; legal malpractice, education law, school bullying, and disability insurance law.

Mr. Lovretovich’s career began in insurance defense at Stein & Stein and then took his experience to Goldstone and Steed when he became a partner managing business litigation and multi-state product liability litigation.

While predominantly managing an insurance defense practice as a partner at Goldstone & Lovretovich and later Lovretovich & Karen, he also handled substantial defense employment law matters.  His firm of 12 lawyers handled all types of insurance defense matters including predominantly premises liability and employment defense matters.  He regularly handled cases for Lloyds of London in third-party defense and first-party insurance coverage work.