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Joan M. Andrews

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Email: jandrews@fabianlaw.com
Direct Line: 801-323-2263
Fax: 801-596-2814



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Joan M. Andrews

Joan Andrews is a shareholder in Fabian and has previously served on the firm’s Board of Directors. Focusing primarily in the areas of employment and education law, she uses her thorough preparation and deep knowledge of the law to resolve a problem by the most effective means possible consistent with the client’s goals and objectives.
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  • Practice Areas
  • Professional
  • Representative Projects
  • Education
  • Publications & Presentations
  • Community Service
  • Recognized as "Rising Star", Mountain States Super Lawyers, 2008
  • Member, American Bar Association
  • Member, Women Lawyers of Utah
  • Judicial Clerkship, Chief Justice Michael Zimmerman, Utah Supreme Court, 1997-1998
  • Admitted to Utah State Bar, 1997; U.S. District Court, District of Utah, 1998; United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, 1999
  • EMPLOYMENT LAW - Joan regularly assists employers by providing proactive legal advice that keeps minor employment issues from developing into big problems. For example, she drafts employee handbooks, conducts anti-harassment training, advises employers on termination issues, assists with wage and hour issues including Department of Labor investigations, and conducts internal investigations of allegations of discrimination or harassment.

  • EDUCATION LAW - Joan exclusively represents school districts. She is one of the few attorneys in Utah with expertise in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and has assisted school districts throughout the state with IDEA compliance issues as well as mediations and due process hearings. Joan is also well-versed in the employment issues specific to school districts, student discipline, student free expression law, and Title IX.
  • LITIGATION - Joan is a litigator with a proven record of success. She has tried several cases in state and federal court, as well as before administrative tribunals. She has also tried employment cases involving the Fair Labor Standard Act, non-competition/non-solicitation agreements, and Title VII. She has tried several breach of contract actions and was also a key team member on a widely reported case involving the False Claims Act that was dismissed on the merits after briefing.
  • J.D., University of Utah College of Law, 1997; Junior Staff Member, Utah Law Review; William H. Leary Scholar
  • A.B., History, Dartmouth College, 1993
  • Speaker, "FLSA Update," Annual Meeting of the Utah State Bar's Labor & Employment Section, 2008
  • Speaker, "Olympic Torch Parade Protests, MySpace, and T-Shirts: High School Students and the First Amendment in 2007," Annual Convention of the Utah State Bar, 2007
  • Speaker, "Employment Law Year in Review," Annual Meeting of the Utah State Bar's Labor & Employment Section, 2007
  • Speaker, "IDEA 2004," Utah Special Educators Conference, 2006
  • Speaker, "Update on Student Expression Rights," Brigham Young University's Utah Education Law Institute, 2005
  • Speaker, "Liability Issues in School in Utah," Lorman Education Services, 2005
  • Speaker, "School Law Issues in Utah," National Business Institute, 2005
  • Speaker, "A Guide to the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 in Utah," Lorman Education Services, 2004
  • Speaker, "Student Athletic Programs and the Law: A Primer on the Legal Issues Associated with Student Athletics in Utah," Lorman Education Services, 2003
  • Founding Member, Utah Democratic Lawyers Council
  • Member, Leadership Committee, "and Justice for all"
  • Volunteer Mentor, Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Utah
  • President, Dartmouth Alumni Club of Utah
  • Member, Alumni Board of Trustees, University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, 2005-2008
  • Alumni Councilor, Dartmouth College, 2002-2005