What Actually Gets Employers Sued — Live and Free on Zoom, August 21, 2026 at Noon ET

Let’s be honest: nobody dreams of ending up on the wrong end of an employment lawsuit. And yet, every year, well-meaning HR teams and in-house counsel find themselves scrambling to answer the question, “Wait, how did this become a case?”

Enter Andrew Lacy, Jr. — a man who spent years on the defense side at a major international law firm and clerked for a federal judge, then decided the real thrill was switching teams entirely. Today, he’s the founder of The Lacy Employment Law Firm LLC and President of NELA’s Eastern Pennsylvania Chapter, representing the very employees his former colleagues used to defend against. It’s the legal world’s version of a heist movie plot twist, except instead of stealing diamonds, he’s just making sure people get treated fairly at work. Riveting stuff either way.

Join us for a peek behind the curtain at how these cases really get built — and what it means for the rest of us trying to stay out of a deposition.

What we’ll get into:

• Why he switched sides. What does a former corporate defense attorney see that makes him trade the boardroom for representing employees?
• How he actually evaluates a case. Most people who call him don’t have a case — so what does the tiny percentage who do have in common?
• AI in the practice of law. Where AI actually earns its keep in his practice — and where it’s still more hype than help.
• Current trends in employer compliance. A look at where employers are getting it right, and where they’re quietly — or not so quietly — getting it wrong.
• Practical tips to stay out of trouble. Because prevention is a lot cheaper than litigation, and nobody wants to be the cautionary tale in next year’s HR training deck.

This conversation is built for in-house counsel, HR professionals, and outside counsel who want the real, unfiltered view from the other side of the table — the kind of insight that doesn’t usually make it into a compliance training slide.

A few housekeeping notes: nothing said during this session creates an attorney-client relationship or constitutes legal advice, and any questions asked during the session will be treated as purely hypothetical — and definitely not about you, or a friend, or a friend’s cousin’s coworker. Any stories referenced are composites; names, industries, and identifying details are changed to protect confidentiality. So no, he’s probably not talking about your company. Probably.

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📅 Event Details

Date: August 21, 2026
Time: 12:00 PM ET
Format: Live on Zoom

Register here → (or scan the QR Code)

This one’s for HR pros sharpening their playbook — and for anyone who’s ever wondered, quietly, whether what happened to them was actually legal.

Both of you are welcome here.