Jocelin Hody is an international practitioner in Hughes Hubbard’s Paris office in the Litigation department. She is a member of the firm’s Global Investigations, Enforcement and Compliance practice group.
Prior to joining Hughes Hubbard, Jocelin was an Assistant District Attorney at the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office where she investigated and prosecuted a variety of felony cases, including financial fraud, violent crimes, and narcotics trafficking. She has experience trying numerous cases to verdict.
Prior to serving as a prosecutor, Jocelin was an associate at another top-tier law firm in New York and Washington, D.C., where focused on white-collar litigation, including a cross-border investigation for a German multinational automotive manufacturing company and was a member of the trial team representing former Virginia Governor, Robert F. McDonnell, in the landmark case, McDonnell v. United States.
Previous Experience
Assistant District Attorney, Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, 2018-2022
Recognitions
Recipient of 2016 Freedom of Information Act Award by the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, for work performed contesting a previously unknown federal program which subjected individuals from certain target countries to additional immigration screening (pro bono)
