Grace Cathryn Cretcher - Brooklyn, NY
Attorney at NachtLaw, P.C.
Employment & Labor Law Lawyers in Brooklyn, NY
300 Cadman Plaza West 12th Floor Brooklyn, NY 11201
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Brooklyn Employment & Labor Law Lawyer
Updated: 03/16/2026
Areas of Practice
- Employment & Labor Law
- Civil Rights
Litigation: 50%
Attorney Information
Overview
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.
University Proceedings
David Nacht, with substantial brief work by associate attorney Grace Cretcher, recently won an important case in the Michigan Court of Appeals against the University of Michigan. The Court agreed with David that people bringing civil rights claims against the State of Michigan or its universities have one year to file their case, not just six months as the University argued. This decision is the first of its kind and is an important win for employees of the State and state universities who are seeking to protect their rights under the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act
Education
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Legal Education
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Georgetown University Law Center,
Washington,
District of Columbia
Juris Doctor
Honors: cum laude
Law Journal: the Georgetown Journal of Gender & the Law Annual Review , Editor-in-Chief
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Georgetown University Law Center,
Washington,
District of Columbia
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Non Legal Education
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New York University,
New York,
New York
B.A., Bachelor of Arts
Honors: magna cum laude
Major: Gender and Sexuality Studies
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New York University,
New York,
New York
Current Employment Position(s)
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Associate
Past Positions
- Beranbaum Menken LLP, Associate Attorney
- Honorable Timothy S. Black of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, Law Clerk
Languages
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English (Primary)
Published Works
Articles
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“Freedom of Expressive Association and Discrimination on the Basis of Sexual Orientation,” , 2011
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“New Families, Old Roles: Gay Parenting and Childhood Gender Socialization,” , 2007
Bar Admissions
- New York
- U.S. District Court Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York
Other Affiliations
- New York Bar Association (Member)
- National Employer Lawyers Association (Member)
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