Jody Lewitter's Email & Phone

Jody has represented employees from all walks of life including high level executives, sales managers, corporate executive officers, factory workers, blue collar workers, high tech and white collar employees. She has represented employees in hostile environment/sexual harassment/racial harassment, disability, sex, race, national origin, sexual orientation, age and pregnancy discrimination cases, as well as wrongful termination, breach of contract, misrepresentation or fraud, public policy and other cases. She primarily represents individual employees or small groups of employees. Jody is also a Mediator and Evaluator and serves on the Northern District of California's Employment Law Panel. Successes/Representative Cases Jody's victories include Behne v. MicroTouch Inc., an employment fraud case in which her client was awarded what was then believed to be the largest employment fraud verdict in California at the time. The $2.64 million dollar award, which included punitive damages, was upheld by the Ninth Circuit. Despite the fact that arbitrations are not considered the friendliest forums for employees, she has successfully arbitrated a number of employment cases and convinced Arbitrators to make significant awards including rare findings that the employer acted with malice, oppression and fraud, required in order to obtain an award of punitive damages. For example, she represented 3 African American employees in a race discrimination arbitration in which the employees were awarded significant compensatory damages and a finding of malice, oppression and fraud, as required for an award of punitive damages. The total recovery exceeded $3.6 million dollars. She also represented the employee in Miceli v Flowserve, an age discrimination/retaliation case, in which the Arbitrator awarded compensatory damages of $1.09 million dollars, plus interest and attorneys fees, and a finding of malice, oppression and fraud. Jody recently broadened her horizons and continued her interest in sexual harassment litigation by partnering with Equal Rights Advocates, a nonprofit women's organization, representing a female high school athlete in a claim against her coach for sexual harassment and failure to provide equal access to sports for girls.