Andrew H. Friedman, a name partner with the law firm of Helmer Friedman LLP, primarily represents employees in all aspects of employment law. Mr. Friedman has handled a wide range of employment-related litigation in state and federal courts. Indeed, Mr. Friedman recently won (with Courtney Abrams of Courtney Abrams, PC and lead trial counsel David deRubertis of The deRubertis Law Firm, APC) a $6 Million jury verdict in a gender discrimination, harassment, and retaliation lawsuit in the Los Angeles Superior Court. Mr. Friedman also won (with Tony Lewis of The Lewis Law Firm) a $4.1 Million jury verdict in a fraud and breach of employment contract lawsuit in the Los Angeles Superior Court. He also prevailed (along with his law partner, Gregory D. Helmer) in a three-week sexual harassment jury trial in the Orange County Superior Court. Mr. Friedman has received the highest possible Martindale-Hubble, indicating that he is ranked at the highest level of professional excellence with “very high to preeminent legal ability” and “very high” ethical standards as established by confidential opinions from members of the Bar. For multiple years, Chambers USA, the Nation’s leading legal data and analytics provider, has awarded Mr. Friedman with its highest possible rating (“Band 1”) for Labor & Employment. Super Lawyers has selected Mr. Friedman as a Southern California “Super Lawyer” in the category of Labor and Employment Law each year from 2006-2025. Additionally, since 2020, out of more than 70,000 attorneys in the Southern California area, Super Lawyers has named Mr. Friedman to its list of the Top 100 Super Lawyers in Southern California.
Mr. Friedman is a prolific author of employment law related books and articles. Mr. Friedman is the author of one of the Nation’s leading employment law treatises – Litigating Employment Discrimination Cases (James Publishing 2005 – 2025) – https://jamespublishing.com/product/litigating-employment-discrimination-cases/. Mr. Friedman also recently wrote a law review article predicting the demise of the infamous McDonnell Douglas burden-shifting test as frequently used on summary judgment in discrimination and retaliation cases. See Andrew H. Friedman, McDonnell Douglas: The End Is Near?, Cal. Lab. & Emp. L. R. Vol. 39, No. 5 (September 2025).
