Atty. Grace Cathryn Cretcher
Grace Cathryn Cretcher is an experienced employment and civil rights attorney with a commitment to the underdog and a passion for meaningful justice. She has an extensive background in women's and LGBT rights advocacy work and significant expertise both before state and federal agency tribunals and as a constitutional, federal and state civil rights law, and wage-and-hour class action litigator.
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Grace Cathryn Cretcher is an Attorney based in Brooklyn, New York, practicing at NachtLaw, P.C.. They have 13+ years of legal experience, licensed to practice since 2013. Their practice focuses on employment, business, employment contracts, civil rights, and education. Admitted to practice in New York (2013). Educated at Georgetown University Law Center J.D. Honors: cum laude (—) and New York University B.A. Honors: magna cum laude (—). Serands clients in Brooklyn, NY and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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About
- Grace Cathryn Cretcher is an experienced employment and civil rights attorney with a commitment to the underdog and a passion for meaningful justice
- She has an extensive background in women's and LGBT rights advocacy work and significant expertise both before state and federal agency tribunals and as a constitutional, federal and state civil rights law, and wage-and-hour class action litigator
- She has 8 years of litigation experience, both representing clients in federal and state cases in New York and New Jersey and advising attorneys and firms nationwide on federal litigation matters
- She is particularly proud to have represented the plaintiffs in Krupa et al. v
- Badolato et al., a case before the U.S
- District Court for the District of New Jersey, which prompted New Jersey to extend its mandated insurance coverage for infertility treatment to women without male partners
- Grace is a former federal law clerk for Judge Timothy S. Black of U.S
- District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
- Of note is her work on the Judge's landmark opinions declaring unconstitutional Ohio's refusal to grant same-sex marriages or recognize those from other states, which were ultimately sustained nationwide by the U.S
- Supreme Court in Obergefell v
- Hodges
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Grace Cathryn Cretcher's Areas of Practice
Each practice area below reflects the types of cases Grace Cathryn Cretcher handles, with a brief overview of what that area of law covers.
Employment lawyers represent workers in wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, wage & hour disputes, and severance negotiations.
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Business attorneys advise founders and growing companies on entity formation, contracts, financing, M&A, and dispute resolution.
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Grace Cathryn Cretcher is one of 7,721 employment contracts attorneys indexed nationally. Browse employment contracts attorneys in New York →
Civil rights attorneys for discrimination, police misconduct, constitutional rights, and civil liberties cases.
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Education attorneys for special education (IEP), school discipline, Title IX, and student rights.
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Jurisdictional Context
Why local counsel matters in New York
Practicing law in New York. Legal matters in New York are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in Brooklyn are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate New York state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in New York brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantive law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in New York courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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