JA     JESSICA ALMY, ASSOCIATE
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     jalmy@meyerglitz.com


Jessica Almy joined Meyer Glitzenstein & Crystal as an associate in 2009, after receiving her J.D. from New York University School of Law.  While in law school, she held leadership positions in the Student Animal Legal Defense Fund, Environmental Law Society, and Moot Court.  She published a note entitled “Taking Aim at Hunting on National Park Lands” in the NYU Environmental Law Journal and a problem dealing with the Migratory Bird Treaty Act in the NYU Moot Court Casebook.  She also led a successful campaign to stop the law school from purchasing eggs from battery-caged hens.

Since joining Meyer Glitzenstein & Crystal, Jessica has represented clients seeking to protect wildlife under the Endangered Species Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, and clients seeking access to government records under the Freedom of Information Act. She is a member of the bars of New York and the District of Columbia, and is admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

Her previous experience includes legal internships for the Natural Resources Defense Council, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Paul Hastings, and the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

Jessica holds an M.S. in Animals and Public Policy from Tufts University (2002) and a B.A. in Communications from Gordon College (1999).  Her master’s thesis demonstrated that students who conscientiously object to classroom dissection are primarily female and argued that efforts to encourage girls to enter the sciences should take these students’ ethical beliefs into account.  Prior to law school, Jessica worked for The Humane Society of the United States as a wildlife advocate where she worked to protect coyotes, night herons, pheasants, deer, cormorants, and an ornery mute swan.