Beldock Levine & Hoffman LLP, Attorneys at Law

Jody Lynn Yetzer

Jody Yetzer has been with the firm since 2001. Her area of practice is civil litigation with a focus on employment and civil rights. Jody has particular expertise representing plaintiffs in class action cases, see e.g., Wright v. Stern, 01CV4437 (S.D.N.Y.), 553 F. Supp.2d 337 (S.D.N.Y. 2008) and 450 F. Supp.2d 335 (S.D.N.Y. 2006) (NYC agrees to pay $21 million to settle employment discrimination class action on behalf of African-American and Hispanic employees of the NYC Parks Department). She also has been actively involved in protecting the liberty of persons subject to the unwritten “policy” of the New York State Board of Parole to deny release to felony offenders, see, e.g., Victory v. Pataki, 02CV0031 (W.D.N.Y.), and in protecting the rights of public sector employee “whistleblowers.” Jody practices in both federal and state courts and appears before administrative tribunals.

Prior to coming to the firm, Jody worked as an attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union’s Reproductive Freedom Project and for the Connecticut Civil Liberties Union. Prior to that, she clerked for the Honorable Alvin W. Thompson of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut.