Andreas J. Meyer

Andreas Meyer is a thoughtful, dynamic attorney who delivers creative solutions to his clients when they are faced with difficult and novel challenges.  For over 15 years, he has advised universities and health systems as both in-house and outside counsel.  Over the course of his practice and community service, Andreas has been repeatedly recognized as a lawyer and leader with exceptional depth and range of knowledge, tactical instincts, and political acumen.

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Andreas is experienced and effective in crisis response.  He helps executives navigate seemingly intractable problems in an efficient and practical manner.  Thanks in part to years of board and government service in addition to frontline legal practice, Andreas is able to help clients navigate the political and diplomatic ecosystems in which challenging situations arise. 

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Andreas has deep knowledge in the civil rights laws (including Titles VI, VII, and IX, the ADA, and the California anti-discrimination statutes); campus and workplace violence threat assessment and management; freedom of expression, association, and academic teaching and research; student visa rules; student health issues including duty of care to students in crisis; mandatory reporting laws relating to child abuse, injury, and campus crimes, including the Clery Act and CANRA; privacy laws, including FERPA; misconduct investigations; student and academic affairs matters; intercollegiate athletics; employment law; and corporate and tax matters applicable to California tax exempt corporations, including executive compensation, director/officer conflicts of interest, bylaws, articles of incorporation, committee charters, and board resolutions.

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Andreas regularly leads the development and implementation of significant institutional policies and advises on internal investigations relating to sexual and other protected class harassment.  He has managed major corporate transactional matters including acquisitions, strategic partnerships, and nonprofit bond issuances.
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Andreas served as the founding president of the Orange County Lavender Bar Association in 2009.  In 2010, he was elected to the Board of Directors of Equality California, the nation’s largest statewide LGBTQ+ civil rights organization.  During his tenure, he served two terms as Board President, successfully leading Equality California out of a period of nearly fatal transition and into a transformative stage that resulted in what has come to be widely regarded as one of the most effective LGBTQ+ political action and advocacy operations in the country. 

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In 2018, California Governor Jerry Brown appointed Andreas to serve on the nine-person Board of Directors overseeing the Orange County Fair & Event Center, a government agency that operates a 150-acre fairgrounds and amphitheater and produces one of the largest annual fairs in the country.  During his tenure on the OC Fair Board, Andreas was elected by his peers as Vice Chair and led a comprehensive review of the Board’s governing policies and important civil rights initiatives.

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In 2019, Andreas was recognized by Equality California for his community service with the Equality Leadership Award.

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Andreas attended the University of Southern California as a first-generation college student, earning a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, magna cum laude.  He received his Juris Doctor from the University of Michigan Law School, which he attended on a Clarence Darrow Scholarship, a full-tuition award based on academic and personal achievement.  During law school, Andreas served as an editor of the Michigan Law Review and co-chair of the school’s principal student-led charity, Student Funded Fellowships.  He began his practice after law school at the international law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.

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Andreas currently serves as Vice Chair of New Beginnings, Inc., a Kansas nonprofit community housing development organization serving Reno County.  He is a member of the National Association of College and University Attorneys, the American Health Lawyers Association, and the State Bar of California.