Andrew P. Fleming, Esq.
Managing Partner

Phone:   (716)  648-3030
Email:  aflem@cf-legal.com

Andrew P. Fleming is a partner in the law firm of Chiacchia & Fleming, LLP. His Practice is limited to labor & employment, personal injury and commercial litigation.

Mr. Fleming’s labor and employment practice focuses mainly on representing employees and small businesses in employment disputes. This includes litigating sexual harassment, gender, age and disability discrimination actions. He also handles employment benefit actions under the ERISA laws.

Mr. Fleming’s career began as an insurance defense attorney, though he has, for the past fifteen years, also represented individuals in personal injury actions of all kinds. A pragmatic and determined litigator, Mr. Fleming regularly achieves success for his clients in the union and civil settings. On behalf of one group of plaintiffs, Mr. Fleming achieved the largest employment discrimination settlements in western New York history.

Mr. Fleming is a member of the Erie County Bar Association, where he serves as chairman of its Labor and Employment Law Committee, and the National Employment Lawyers Association. He has lectured on sexual harassment, wrongful termination, benefits law litigation and the Americans with Disabilities Act. Mr. Fleming received his degree from SUNY at Buffalo School of Law. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude, from Pace University. Previous to practicing law, Mr. Fleming was an Infantry Officer in the United States Marine Corps.

Past Employment Positions:

Walsh, Fleming & Chiacchia, Partner, 1990-1998

Brown & Kelly, Associate, 1987-1990

Diebold, Birmingham, Associate, 1985-1987

U.S. Marine Corps, Paris Island, Series Commander, 1981-1982

Professional Associations and Memberships:

Erie county Bar Association 1986- Present

Member Erie County Bar Association, Board of Directors 1995-1998

Chair Erie County Labor and Employment Law Committee 2004-2005

Churches in Action, 1998-Present
Director/Counsel

St. Luke’s Mission of Mercy
Chair, “Friends of St. Luke’s” Board, 1999-Present

Salvation Army
Buffalo Area Services Advisory Board Member 2003-Present

Knights of Columbus Council # 2220
Advocate, 2002-Present

Village of Hamburg
Village Prosecutor, 2003-Present

Hamburg School Foundation
Board of Directors, 2002-Present

Practice Areas:

Employment Law

(Employee and Employer)

Labor Law

Personal Injury Law

Criminal Law

Education Law

Bar Admissions:

New York State, 1986

U.S. District Court Western District of New York, 1986

United States Court of Appeals (2nd Circuit),  2003

United States Court of Appeals (3rd Circuit), 1996

United States Bankruptcy Court, Western District of New York, 1988

Education:

University at Buffalo Law School, Buffalo, New York, 1985;  J.D.

Pace University, Pleasantville, New York, 1979;  B.A.
Honors:  Cum Laude

Classes/Seminars Taught:

Erie County Bar Association: Labor Law,  2004

New York Employee Benefits Conference: Litigating Benefit Claims,  May 2004