ANDREW B. ADAIR

Andrew B. Adair is a senior associate with Deasey, Mahoney, Valentini & North, Ltd. He has experience handling a range of civil rights, governmental liability, and employment discrimination issues in state and federal courts, as well as at the administrative levels. Drew has successfully argued appellate issues before the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court and United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

Prior to joining the firm, Drew was a senior litigation associate for an insurance defense firm specializing in governmental liability, where he handled wide-ranging cases, including civil rights, employment discrimination, governmental liability, special education, unfair labor practices, uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage, construction litigation, zoning appeals, and workers’ compensation matters. Following law school, Drew clerked for the Honorable Richard R. Cooch of the Delaware Superior Court.

Drew has designed and presented numerous training seminars for municipalities and other governmental bodies, as well as for insurance carriers and private employers, in the areas of civil rights, employment law, and code enforcement.

In his free time, Drew enjoys racing his sailboat on the Chesapeake Bay, skiing, and hiking.

Education

• Hamilton College (B.A. 1989)
• Tulane University School of Law (J.D. 1993, cum laude)

Experience

• Deasey, Mahoney, Valentini & North, Ltd. (2006–Present)
• Holsten & Associates – Media, Pa. (1998–2006)
• Zulick & Zulick – Norristown, Pa. (1995–1998)
• The Honorable Richard R. Cooch, Superior Court of Delaware, Law Clerk (1995)

Attorney News

• The Tenuous Enforceability of Release-Dismissal Agreements, by Andrew B. Adair, Esq.
  
  

Publications & Lectures

• Code Enforcement Training (for City of Reading, Pa.), 2008
  
  
• Code Enforcement Training (for City of Reading), 2009
  
  
• Disability, Discrimination & Harassment (for Berks County, Pa.) 2000
  
  
• Fundamentals of Employment Discrimination (for Reading Parking Authority), 2006
  
  
• Identification and Prevention of Workplace Harassment (for Berks County), 2009
  
  
• In-house civil rights training for insurance carriers
  
  
• Practical Steps to Prevent Claims of Workplace Harassment (for Berks County), 2002
  
  
• Practical Steps to Prevent Claims of Workplace Harassment (for Berks County), 2005