BURNS & SCHULTZ - Key Persons

Andrew Burns

Job Titles:
  • Partner
  • Member of Oak Hill Country Club
  • Member of the American Bar Association
Andrew has... Read Profile Jill Schultz Partner Jill has... Read Profile Andrew has over twenty-five years of experience handling a variety of challenging and complex legal matters involving commercial and contract disputes, civil litigation, employment litigation and compliance, wage and hour litigation and compliance, insurance coverage, multistate litigation, tax assessment, and numerous other types of legal matters and disputes. He is experienced providing practical legal advice and counseling to businesses and business owners. He is a sophisticated strategist and negotiator in complex litigation and business matters. Andrew acts as General Counsel for a growing technology corporation with responsibility for all legal matters for the company, including negotiating and drafting contracts, employment counseling, corporate and real estate matters, litigation, and general legal and business advice. Andrew previously was a capital partner in Nixon Peabody's litigation group, where he served as national counsel for a Fortune 500 company involved in personal injury litigation. Andrew is actively involved in the Monroe County Bar Association, having chaired the Ethics Committee for four years. He is also a Member of the American Bar Association and the New York State Bar Association. Andrew is a frequent panel participant and speaker in Continuing Legal Education programs on legal ethics. Andrew is a Member of Oak Hill Country Club. He formerly volunteered as a Head Coach for Perington Youth Hockey and Pittsford Little League.

Jill Schultz

Job Titles:
  • Partner
Jill has over twenty-five years of experience handling a variety of civil litigation matters. She has successfully litigated cases involving labor and employment, breach of contract, fraud, products liability, torts, and the False Claims Act. Jill currently focuses her practice on labor and employment law and regularly represents clients in Federal and State courts, the State Division of Human Rights, and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Jill represents clients in a variety of employment areas, including discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination, and retaliation. She counsels employers on matters such as hiring, termination, discipline, severance, covenants not to compete, employee handbooks, and wage and hour compliance. Jill provides employee and supervisor training on various employment matters, including sexual harassment, Title VII, Title IX, FMLA, FLSA, ADEA, ADA, USERRA, WARN Act, and New York employment statutes. Jill is an experienced mediator and regularly mediates and settles cases in both federal and state courts. The United States District Court for the Western District of New York selected Jill as a Certified Federal Court Mediator in 2012. Jill is a Past President of the Monroe County Bar Association (2006 - 2007). She is also a member of the New York State Bar Association, a fellow of the New York Bar Foundation, a member of the Monroe County Bar Association, The Greater Rochester Association for Women Attorneys, a past member of the board of directors of the Foundation of the Monroe County Bar Association, and a past officer of the Legal Aid Society. Jill has been recognized as an outstanding lawyer by New York Super Lawyers Magazine every year since 2007. She is a member of the Leadership Rochester Class of 1999 and received the Rochester Business Journal's 40 Under 40 Award in 2000. Jill previously was a capital partner in Nixon Peabody's labor and employment group, and chaired the firm's Recruiting Committee. Jill received her J.D. degree from Vanderbilt University in 1987, and her B.A. degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1984 (Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, History Honors). She is admitted to practice law in New York, Connecticut, the Western and Northern Districts of New York, the District of Connecticut, the Eastern District of Michigan, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second and Sixth Circuit, and before the United States Supreme Court.