March 1, 2025 – Los Angeles – Helmer Friedman LLP is very pleased to announce that, out of the more than 100,000 attorneys in the Southern California area, the lawyer rating service Super Lawyers has named founding partner Andrew H. Friedman as a 2025 Top 100 Super Lawyer in Southern California. Commenting about Mr. Friedman’s selection to the Southern California Super Lawyers Top 100, Gregory D. Helmer said, “We couldn’t be prouder of this honor for our partner. Andrew has been named to the Top 100 since 2020 and his recognition is well-deserved.”
We couldn’t be prouder of this honor for our partner. Andrew has been named to the Top 100 since 2020 and his recognition is well-deserved.
Each year, Super Lawyers recognizes the Top 100 attorneys in Southern California via a patented multiphase selection process involving peer nomination, independent research and peer evaluation. Southern California lawyers who receive the highest point totals during this selection process are further recognized in Southern California Super Lawyers Top Lists.
“Recognition as a Top 100 Super Lawyer for 2025 is a huge honor,” Andrew H. Friedman said, “and I am quite thankful for the recognition and for the ability to represents employees and consumers who have been treated illegally by large corporate and governmental entities.”
Representing employees (both individual employees and class and collective actions comprised of multiple individuals), Andrew’s cases involve every variety of employment claim from harassment and discrimination to retaliation and whistle-blowing actions to wage and hour matters to religious and disability accommodation cases. Mr. Friedman not only litigates these cases but he has prevailed at trial in sexual harassment/retaliation and fraud and breach of contract cases including, with Tony Lewis of The Lewis Law Firm, a $4.1 Million jury verdict in the Los Angeles Superior Court.
Mr. Friedman has also prevailed in precedent-setting appeals, including serving as Counsel of Record in Lightfoot v. Cendant Mortgage Corp. et. al. (Case No. 10-56068) where he successfully convinced the U. S. Supreme Court to grant the petition for certiorari that he filed on behalf of his clients. In January 2017, the Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision authored by Justice Sotomayor, reversed the Ninth Circuit and ruled in favor of Mr. Friedman’s clients.
Recognition as a Top 100 Super Lawyer for 2025 is a huge honor,” Andrew H. Friedman said, “and I am quite thankful for the recognition and for the ability to represents employees and consumers who have been treated illegally by large corporate and governmental entities.
Mr. Friedman has received the highest possible rating from 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 – see https://chambers.com/lawyer/andrew-h-friedman-usa-5:25940936. According to a review published in Chambers USA, “Andrew Friedman of Helmer Friedman is recognized among peers for his work representing both individuals and classes in a variety of matters, ranging from harassment to wage and hour suits. ‘He’s an excellent plaintiff lawyer who offers a really good perspective.’”
Mr. Friedman is also widely acclaimed for writing the definitive employment law treatise – Litigating Employment Discrimination Cases (James Publishing – 2005 – 2025), https://jamespublishing.com/product/litigating-employment-discrimination-cases/ – which is widely used by practitioners from both the plaintiff and management sides of the employment law bar.