​Lawyer. Advocate. Trainer. Consultant.

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For more than 25 years, Justine has devoted her career to advocating for social justice, equality, and victim's rights. She is an attorney, advocate, trainer and analyst who has worked in the trenches - as a litigator, activist, and advocate.  She specializes in the arenas of child sexual abuse, sexual assault, domestic violence, and women's rights.
Statement on Anti-Racist Protests and Police Violence
Black Americans have been subjected to institutionalized racism for generations, leading to countless deaths at the hands of police, widespread disadvantage, discrimination and a radically unequal society where people's opportunities, health and safety, are far too often dictated by the color of ones skin.  Understandably, the murder of George Floyd by 4 police officers has sparked massive protests in Pennsylvania and in all 50 states in our country and around the world. As an activist, I am heartened to see the widespread support being expressed across the nation for reform of racist systems of oppression that have for far too long been allowed to undermine, disadvantage, and harm black people and communities.

 As a lawyer, I am hopeful that these protests will lead to significant reforms across our civil and criminal justice system and society.   I am also deeply disturbed by the response by many police agencies and the federal government to these protests. American citizens have the right of peaceful assembly and protest under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.

The unconscionable display of police and military force directed at citizens excercizing their Constitutional rights of protest should worry everyone, whether you are a protestor or not.  Today, we are seeing a dangerous escalation in police tactics that are more commonly seen in authoritarian countries in response to civil unrest. 

As an American, it is my hope that our leaders will step up and decide the Constitution of the United States of America requires the protection of protestors and the wholesale examination of our institutions and systems toward the goal of equal justice.  It is far too long in coming.

Important update: Boy Scouts of America has filed Bankruptcy in face of thousands of child sexual abuse cases. 
Attorney Andronici's Statement on the Boy Scouts of America Bankruptcy Filing

​"The Boy Scouts of America Bankruptcy filing is not the end of the road for victim-survivors who are seeking justice and it is not necessarily too late for those who still want to seek compensation for the harm they suffered at the hands of abusive Boy Scout leaders. 

Bankruptcy is often misunderstood.  When an organization like BSA files in the face of claims from victims, it doesn't mean that there is no possibility for victim compensation, just that there is a different, new process for that.

​The BSA filing is not the end of accountability for the Boy Scouts. In fact, the process will open the doors for many other survivors who couldn't file before. Many BSA victims who had no chance at justice due to outmoded child sexual abuse statute of limitations laws in their state, like those that we have in Pennsylvania, may now have a short window - a chance to bring their claims regardless of the statute of limitations."


Read more here about BSA filing.

Speaking

OWN IT PENN 2019
Andronici Speaks to Penn Law & Wharton Students about Women's Leadership

Justine spoke to Penn undergraduate and graduate students at OWN IT Penn 2019, held at University of Pennsylvania.  Discussing  redesigning the table, redefining success, making room for others, owning privilege, and the future of women's leadership.

On Brett Kavanaugh & SCOTUS Hearings 

Justine speaks in opposition to Judge Kavanaugh's confirmation.
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“I think the questions that we’re asking are all wrong,” Andronici said. “Not whether or not we’re denying this man a seat on the Supreme Court unjustly, but how . . . did he even get to this level in the process? It’s pretty clear to me that they knew stuff like this was out there, and they chose to push him through anyway. Because they thought that women in the country would be silent. And I think the time for silence is past.”