Andrew P. Bolson is a Partner with Meyerson, Fox & Conte, P.A. Maintaining a diversified litigation practice, Andrew regularly represents clients with matters involving breach of contract disputes, partnership break-ups, guardianship cases, and estate contests. Andrew also serves as outside general counsel for several small and closely held businesses, nonprofits, landlords, and entrepreneurs, who he advises on commercial transactions, contracts, employment related matters, and landlord/tenant issues. In addition, Andrew represents clients with residential and commercial real estate transactions and in the preparation of their estate documents.
Andrew also launched MFC’s privacy and Internet law practice, and he represents individuals and businesses with a variety of related issues, including matters involving invasion of privacy, the drafting of terms of service and privacy policies, and copyright and trademark filings. His privacy and Internet practice compliments Andrew’s interest in privacy and Internet policy, in particular issues surrounding online hate speech and Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. Andrew has written extensively on Section 230 of the CDA, and his writings have been featured in theHill.com, the New Jersey Law Journal and in other publications.
Andrew received his undergraduate degree from the George Washington University in 2005 and his Juris Doctorate from Rutgers School of law-Newark in 2010. While in law school, Andrew was selected to be a member of the Rutgers Law Review and he served in his final year as one of the Journal’s managing editors. In 2009, Andrew was awarded the prestigious Henry J. Raimondo Fellowship by the Eagleton Institute of Politics. As part of the Fellowship, Andrew worked in a semester at the New Jersey Senate Majority Office. Andrew is admitted to practice in the State Courts of New York and New Jersey and in the Federal District Court of New Jersey. He is a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association and the Bergen County Bar Association.
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- George Washington University (B.A. 2005)
- Rutgers School of Law-Newark (J.D. 2010)
- State of New Jersey
- State of New York
- United States District Court of the District of New Jersey
- New Jersey Bar Association
- New Jersey Bar Association, Privacy Law Committee
- Bergen County Bar Association
- International Association of Privacy Professionals
- 2021 ADL Sidney Wilf Distinguished Young Leadership Award
- SuperLawyers, Rising Stars, 2017-2021
- Rutgers Law Review, Managing Editor
- Raimondo Legislative Fellow, Eagleton Institute of Politics, 2009-2010
- NJ Legislature Should Allow Fee Awards for Plaintiffs in Defamation Actions, New Jersey Law Journal (January 11, 2019)
- Should Privacy Pros be Privacy Advocates, Privacy Perspectives (June 22, 2018)
- Dumbarton Oaks 2.0: The Case for the internet to have its own United Nations, theHill (March 2, 2018)
- Data Expungement: An Argument for a Limited Right to be Forgotten, Privacy Perspectives (May 25, 2017)
- Is Privacy a Zero Sum Game? Balancing Competing Privacy Interests in the Internet Age, Medium.com (February 13, 2017)
- Flawed But Fixable: Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act at 20, Rutgers Computer & Technology Law Journal (March 2016)
- Laws Seek to Catch Up to the Soaring Development of Recreational Drones, New Jersey Law Journal (March 4, 2015)
- Preventing a Data Breach: Considerations for Law Firm Security, New Jersey Law Journal (October 30, 2014)
- If Not All Data Breaches Are Created Equal, Why Are All Data Breach Notifications Treated the Same, The Privacy Advisor, the Newsletter of the IAPP (October 28, 2014)
- REDEEM Act Needs a European Import: The Right to Be Forgotten, The Privacy Advisor, the Newsletter of the IAPP (August 2014)
- A Primer on N.J.’s Data Breach Notification Law, New Jersey Law Journal (September 5, 2013)
- Co-Author, A Legal “Case” Against the Internship Placement System and a Proposal to Fix the System and the Internship Imbalance, TEPP: Training and Education in Professional Psychology (August 2013)
- Lessons from an Outlier: What Young Lawyers Can Learn From the Story of Joe Flom, New Jersey Lawyer Magazine (August 2013)
- The Internet Has Grown Up, Why Hasn’t the Law? Reexamining Section 230 of the Communication Decency Act, The Privacy Advisor, the Newsletter of the IAPP (August 26, 2013)
- Maintaining Location Privacy in the Digital Age, The Privacy Advisor, the Newsletter of the IAPP (June 18, 2013)
- Important Lessons from the Instagram Controversy, Imediatconnection.com (June 3, 2013)
- Death in the Digital Age, New Jersey Law Journal (December 21, 2012)
- Presenter/Moderator, Privacy Overview: What Your Business Clients Need to Know, New Jersey Institute of Continuing Education (NJICLE), June 2014.
- Presenter, Online Reputation Management: Prevention and Cure, Infragard Philadelphia, March 2015.
- Presenter, New Considerations for Practicing Elder Law in the 21st Century, Elder and Disability Law Section Roundtable, October 2015.
- Presenter, Estate Planning in the Digital Age, Elder & Disability Law Retreat, New Jersey State Bar Association, April 2016.
- Presenter, Frauds and scams: What Elder Law Clients Need to Know to Protect their Clients, Elder & Disability Law Retreat, New Jersey Bar Association, April 2016.
- Member, Mahwah Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
- Member, ADL, New Jersey Advisory Board
- Trustee, Cresskill Library Board
- Why yelling “fore” in golf is more than a simple matter of golfing courtesy.
- Consulting in New Jersey: What you need to know?
- Selling Real Estate in New Jersey: 10 Things to Consider
- Starting a Business in New Jersey: What You Need to Know
- Three Important Privacy Related Decisions Recently Released by New Jersey Courts
- Estate Planning in the Internet Age Update
- Estate Planning Considerations for New Jersey Parents
- Filing for 501(c)(3) Status Just Got Easier
- New Jersey Benefit Corporations: When Your Business Seeks More Than Profit
- The Model Privacy Notice: What New Jersey Consumers Need to Know