Andrea is a founding partner of Cohen Kraemer Law, LLC, and an experienced employment law attorney. Andrea focuses her practice on conducting workplace investigations and workplace training, developing employment policies and handbooks, and providing employment law counseling and advice.
Prior to establishing Cohen Kraemer Law, LLC, Andrea was a partner in the employment law and commercial law practice groups in the Boston office of a large national law firm, where she counseled employers and Human Resources professionals regarding employment matters, including reasonable accommodation requests, reports of discrimination, harassment and retaliation, workplace investigations, and wage and hour issues; drafted employment policies and handbooks; conducted harassment and discrimination prevention training; and represented employers before administrative agencies and in state and federal court. Andrea also managed the defense of all Massachusetts cases for a major East Coast Health Club chain and supervised, mentored, and trained associates and paralegals through all phases of litigation.
Andrea draws on her extensive employment litigation and counseling experience to help her clients create a culture that reflects their organization’s core values and unique culture and avoid situations that may give rise to employment law claims.
Andrea doesn’t just help you check a box when it comes to compliance. She helps you demonstrate your organization’s core values by putting your values into your policies and your policies into action through impartial and thorough workplace investigations, dynamic and interactive workplace training, and reliable and effective employment law counseling and advice.
Andrea is a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association, Women’s Bar Association, Association of Workplace Investigators, and the Society for Human Resource Management. She has been trained to conduct workplace and Title IX investigations and to deliver training to prevent discrimination and harassment in the workplace. Andrea is an Association of Workplace Investigators, Inc. Certificate Holder (AWI-CH) and has completed Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD) certified courses, including Train-the-Trainer: Preventing Workplace Discrimination & Harassment; and Conducting Internal Discrimination Complaint Investigations. She is on the MCAD referral list for employers seeking a discrimination prevention trainer or internal investigator.
Andrea is also a member of the American Diabetes Association’s Advocacy Attorney Network, the American Diabetes Association's Legal Advocacy Subcommittee, the American Diabetes Association's Safe at School Working Group, and the American Diabetes Association's New England Regional Advocacy Council and has been trained as a parent advocate through the Federation for Children with Special Needs. As a parent of a child with Type 1 Diabetes, Andrea is passionate about using her professional skills to improve the lives of individuals and families living with diabetes. Andrea provides advice and counseling to parents of children with Type 1 diabetes, schools, and employers on drafting diabetes care plans, conducting training for school staff, and exploring accommodations in schools and the workplace. Andrea is also a Co-Chair of the Sudbury Special Education Parent Advisory Council (SEPAC) and the Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees for the Guild For Human Services, an organization that provides educational and residential services for youth and adults with intellectual disabilities.
Andrea earned her law degree from New England Law Boston, where she graduated cum laude. During law school, Andrea participated in an Honors Judicial Clerkship for the Honorable John T. Lu and published an article in the New England Journal of Criminal & Civil Confinement.
Prior to law school, Andrea earned her undergraduate degree in sociology and a certificate in human relations & work from Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire. During college, Andrea was a member of the Women’s Varsity Lacrosse Team, earned an NCAA Division II All-Star Designation, was an Athletic Honor Roll, Bronze Finalist, and received the Coach’s Award for leadership, commitment, and excellence on and off the field.
Super Lawyers Magazine recognized Andrea as a “Rising Star” in 2017. Andrea was also featured in the Top 100 Attorneys Magazine in 2022 and named a Boston Magazine Top Lawyer in the area of Labor & Employment Law in 2022.
