Tracing the Path of a Civil Rights Attorney: From the Nonprofit World, Through Government, and Into a Public Interest Law Firm...

Meet Jenny Yang, a civil rights attorney with Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll, a public interest law firm in Washington, DC focusing on employment discrimination, consumer protection, securities fraud, and other matters.  After graduating from law school and completing a judicial clerkship, Jenny received a community service fellowship to work at the National Employment Law Project in New York City,
a non-profit organization focusing on low-wage workers’ rights.  While there, she worked on ground-breaking joint-employer liability litigation to hold garment manufacturers liable for unpaid wages owed to garment workers under the Fair Labor Standards Act.

Jenny then accepted a position with the United States Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Employment Litigation Section, where she worked for five years on federal employment discrimination cases against state and local governments.  She litigated cases involving discrimination based on race, sex, and national origin.

From DOJ, Jenny moved into her current practice with Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll, where she is a partner focusing on Civil Rights and Employment matters.