Mr Andrew Scroggins > Seyfarth Shaw LLP > Chicago, United States > Lawyer Profile

Mr Andrew Scroggins

(312) 460-5275 ascroggins@seyfarth.com

Work Department

Labor and Employment Department; Complex Discrimination Litigation Practice Group

Position

Andy Scroggins is a member of the firm’s Complex Discrimination Litigation and Wage & Hour Litigation Practice Groups. He regularly represents companies across the country facing class actions, collective actions, pattern or practice lawsuits, and systemic investigations, involving hundreds to thousands of putative class members.  He also has extensive experience on matters before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, ranging from the early charge stage to systemic litigation.  He has been lead counsel for Epic Systems in the district and appellate courts, and co-counsel at the United States Supreme Court, in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis, which established that employers lawfully may require employees to enter into an arbitration agreement containing a waiver of the ability to participate in a class or collective action against an employer.  He also served as counsel for M&G Polymers at the district and appellate courts, and before the United States Supreme Court, in Tackett v. M&G Polymers, a significant ruling for employers which overturned the Sixth Circuit’s decades-old “Yard-Man presumption” in cases involving the interpretation of collective bargaining agreements and the duration of retiree health benefits.

Career

Andy joined Seyfarth Shaw LLP in 2015 and has been a partner since 2017. Prior to beginning his legal practice, Andy worked for nine years in the headquarters human resources group of a global consulting firm, counseling executives, HR professionals, and line managers on topics such as EEO and affirmative action compliance, diversity, data privacy, and investigations of employee misconduct.

Memberships

American Bar Association; Executive Committee Member, Associate Board of the Merit School of Music

Education

JD, University of Illinois College of Law (2005), summa cum laude; MS, Northwestern University (1999); BA, University of Illinois (1995)

Leisure

Andy enjoys spending time with his family, traveling, playing music (guitar and piano), and distance swimming.