Brett M. Anders

Brett M. Anders

Berkeley Heights, NJ recognized lawyers icon Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2013
Jackson Lewis PC

319 Best Lawyers awards

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Awarded Practice Areas

Employment Law - Management Litigation - Labor and Employment

Biography

Brett M. Anders is a principal in the Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. He exclusively represents management in workplace law, including counseling and litigation.

Brett routinely advises clients regarding day-to-day employment issues, such as employee discipline and discharge, disability management issues, reductions-in-force and restrictive covenants. He also regularly conducts training programs for employers on a variety of employment-related topics, such as performance management, sexual harassment awareness and disability management.

Brett has extensive experience representing employers in all types of employment litigation matters, such as employment discrimination, wrongful discharge and wage and hour cases. He regularly litigates in both state and federal court, as well as before various governmental agencies including the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the New Jersey Department of Labor and the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights.

Brett frequently speaks and lectures regarding e-discovery and other employment law topics. He has also successfully argued several motions regarding the spoliation of electronic evidence and has conducted the direct and cross-examinations of forensic computer experts and/or IT professionals at trial. Prior to joining Jackson Lewis, Brett worked as a law clerk for the Honorable Louis F. Locascio, J.S.C.

Jackson Lewis PC

319 Best Lawyers awards

Jackson Lewis PC logo

Overview

  • Seton Hall University, J.D., graduated 1997

  • New Jersey, New Jersey State Bar Association
  • New York, New York State Bar Association

  • New Jersey State Bar Association - Member
  • Society for Human Resource Management - Central New Jersey Chapter - Member
  • New Jersey, New Jersey State Bar Association
  • New York, New York State Bar Association
  • New Jersey State Bar Association - Member
  • Society for Human Resource Management - Central New Jersey Chapter - Member
  • Seton Hall University, J.D., graduated 1997

Client Testimonials

Awards & Focus

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2025 - Litigation - Labor and Employment
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Litigation - Labor and Employment, Newark (2025)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
  • Employment Law - Management
  • Litigation - Labor and Employment
Special Focus:
  • COVID-19
Awards:
  • Named “Top Forty Under Forty” by the New Jersey Law Journal in 2006
  • Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating of AV Preeminent™ 2013

Case History

Cases
  • Other Court Admissions
  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals

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