Andrea O. Chavez is a Senior Counsel in the Los Angeles office of Conn Maciel Carey LLP. Her practice focuses on Cal/OSHA, labor law, California employment law advice and counseling, and complex employment litigation.
Andrea joined CMC with over seven years of legal practice at a top AmLaw firm. Her experience covers both litigation and employment counseling. Andrea is well versed in employment discrimination, wage and hour class action, and NLRB matters. She often counsels employers on managing employment relationships, preparing legally compliant policies and procedures, employee hiring, onboarding, disciplinary actions, reductions in force, employee terminations, and dispute resolution. Her legal representation extends across various industries, including healthcare, entertainment, beauty, art, hospitality, aerospace, technology, and finance.
Andrea’s practice has a special focus on Occupational Safety and Health law compliance and litigation, including inspections, investigations and enforcement actions involving Cal/OSHA, Federal OSHA, and other State OSH Plans, particularly the western states DOSH agencies. Her expertise includes developing state of the art safety procedures, conducting or directing OSH-related training and compliance audits, managing and litigating appeals of citations, and representing employers and trade associations in Cal/OSHA and federal OSHA rulemakings.
- Andrea frequently presents on a variety of topics for the firm’s Cal/OSHA Webinar Series, OSHA Webinar Series, and Labor & Employment Webinar Series.
- American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law
- American Bar Association, Workplace and Occupational Safety and Health Law Committee
- California Lawyers Association
- J.D., University of California, Los Angeles School of Law
- B.S., University of California, Santa Barbara, Ecology and Evolution
