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Andrew Albritton Joins McGlinchey Stafford’s Labor and Employment Section in New Orleans

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McGlinchey Stafford is excited to announce that Andrew Albritton has joined the firm’s Labor and Employment group as an associate in the New Orleans office.

Andrew will focus his practice on advising clients on the full range of workplace issues and employment disputes facing private and public companies. Before joining the firm as an associate, Andrew was a 2019 Diversity Fellow at McGlinchey, a distinguished honor bestowed annually upon first-year law students which includes a paid Summer Associate position, a $5,000 scholarship, and formal mentoring from McGlinchey attorneys throughout the students’ law school career.

Andrew received a J.D. at Tulane University Law School, where he was a member of the Tulane Entertainment and Art Law Society and the Public Interest Law Foundation. He holds a B.S.B.A. in Economics with a concentration in Legal Studies from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, where he was named the B.I. Moody III College of Business Outstanding Graduate and served in numerous leadership capacities within campus organizations.

Prior to his work with McGlinchey, Andrew completed an externship at the U.S. Attorney’s office in the Eastern District of Louisiana and a clerkship at the Tulane University Legal Assistance Program.

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