Amanda B. Brody

Amanda B. Brody is an associate in the White Plains, New York, office of Jackson Lewis, P.C. Whether defending clients in complex litigation or crafting proactive workplace policies, Amanda partners with employers to achieve their business goals while minimizing risks.

Growing up in a family-run business, Amanda witnessed firsthand the day-to-day obstacles employers face to balance legal and employee concerns against the competitive forces that threaten success. Today, her mission as an employment lawyer is derived from her aspiration to support employers in creating and sustaining a thriving workplace while maintaining legal and regulatory compliance. Amanda counsels employers on preventative workplace policies, hiring and onboarding practices, performance management, and wage and hour compliance.

As a litigator, Amanda defends employers against pay equity, discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination, retaliation, constructive discharge, and breach of contract claims, as well as individual, class, and collective wage and hour actions. She has also litigated to enforce restrictive covenants.

Prior to entering law school, Amanda worked for several years as a private investigator at a licensed firm, leading a team and serving as Director of Litigation Support. She dons her investigator cap often, seamlessly leveraging—and using to employers’ advantage—her previous investigative experience, which included performing due diligence when developing litigation and internal workplace investigation strategies. Amanda’s investigative experience extends to alleged violations of False Claims Act, Anti-Kickback Statute, Stark Statute, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), as well as the former Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). Amanda investigated whistleblower and Qui Tam claims on behalf of and under the direction of plaintiff’s bar, performed pre-employment background checks and pre-investment due diligence for financial services firms and institutions, and conducted asset tracing for insurers—and now applies the skills amassed in those pursuits on employers’ behalf.

During law school, Amanda participated in the Federal Judicial Honors Program, for which she completed an externship with Hon. Denise L. Cote in SDNY, and was a member of Pace Environmental Law Review. Amanda competed twice as a student in Vienna, Austria, on behalf of Pace Law School's Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot team, of which she was captain. She remains a dedicated Vis alumna, assisting current students to develop their oral advocacy skills during pre-competition practice moots, and serves as an active member of her law school association's alumni board.

In her free time, she enjoys playing on the White Plains’ office softball team, practicing yoga, fishing (for blues), birding, riding roller coasters, listening to jam bands, podcasts, and Supreme Court oral arguments, and playing Dungeons and Dragons with friends (she is a Bard).