In October 2026, Andrew Lacy, Jr., founder of The Lacy Employment Law Firm, was invited to present a continuing legal education program titled “DEI and the Law: Where We Stand” as part of the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s “Diversity Through the Decades” 2026 Summit, hosted by the PBA’s Multicultural Bar Committee through the Pennsylvania Bar Institute. Presenting for the state’s premier […]
Andrew Lacy Presents “DEI and the Law: Where We Stand” at the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s 2026 Diversity Summit
Andrew Lacy Invited to Present a Philadelphia Bar Association CLE on Reverse Discrimination
Andrew Lacy, Jr., founder of The Lacy Employment Law Firm, was invited to serve as a panelist for a Philadelphia Bar Association continuing legal education (CLE) program, “The Rise in Reverse Discrimination Cases.” The program was approved for CLE credit and is part of how the nation’s oldest bar association educates practicing attorneys on emerging issues in employment law. The oldest […]
Eleven Days After the Review, the Letter Came
This is a composite story drawn from patterns across many matters. It is not about any one client, employer, or case. A company can threaten to sue you over an online review, but a threat is not the same as a case. If what you wrote is true, or is clearly your opinion, it is difficult to turn into a […]
Nineteen Years a Star. Nineteen Days a Problem.
When a long-tenured employee with years of strong reviews is abruptly recast as a “performance problem” and pushed out, the sequence of events usually matters more than the paperwork. If the criticism of your work appears only after the decision to remove you was effectively made, that timing can be evidence of pretext, which is the legal term for a cover story. Under federal, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey law, a documented record of strong performance can help show that a sudden performance rationale is not the real reason.