Jeffrey S. Brody

Jeffrey S. Brody is the Office Managing Principal of the Boston, Massachusetts, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. He exclusively represents management in workplace law, including counseling and litigation. Mr. Brody routinely advises clients regarding day-to-day employment issues, such as employee discipline and discharge, disability management issues, reductions in force, and restrictive covenants. He also regularly conducts training programs for employers on a variety of employment-related topics, such as performance management, sexual harassment awareness, and disability management.

Mr. Brody has extensive experience representing employers in all types of employment litigation matters, such as employment discrimination, wrongful discharge and wage and hour cases in both single plaintiff and multi-plaintiff cases. He also has successfully enforced and defended against the enforcement of non-competition agreements and other restrictive covenants. He regularly litigates in both state and federal court, as well as before various governmental agencies including the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, the New Hampshire Commission for Human Rights, the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the United States Department of Labor, and the New Hampshire Department of Labor. Mr. Brody has also represented management in employment and labor arbitrations before the American Arbitration Association.

He is a 1993 graduate, with high honors, of the University of Connecticut School of Law, where he graduated in the top ten of his class and was an editor of the Connecticut Law Review. Prior to attending law school, Mr. Brody taught English for a year in Osaka, Japan, as part of the Japanese Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program.

Jeffrey S. Brody In the News

Jackson Lewis Recommended in The Legal 500 2019

May 30, 2019 • Jackson Lewis

Jackson Lewis Recommended in The Legal 500 2018

May 30, 2018 • Jackson Lewis

Rachel E. Munoz Discusses Joining Jackson Lewis' Boston Office

September 13, 2017 • Law360

Jeffrey S. Brody Publications

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Massachusetts Department of Paid Family Leave Releases New Guidance

April 10, 2020

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Massachusetts Governor Orders All Nonessential Businesses and Organizations to Close Facilities

March 23, 2020

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Massachusetts Officially Amends Paid Family Leave Law; Announces Other Changes

June 17, 2019

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Jeffrey S. Brody Blog Posts

Disability, Leave & Health Management

Massachusetts Department of Paid Family Leave Releases New Guidance

April 10, 2020
Disability, Leave & Health Management

Withholdings to Fund Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave Set to Begin October 1

September 30, 2019