Mr. Brody joined Jenner & Block in 1984 and was named a partner in 1991. He is a co-chair of the firm’s class action practice group and a co-chair of the firm’s appellate practice group.  His commercial litigation practice has included the defense of class actions involving securities, antitrust, consumer claims, commercial torts, and contract disputes. He also has represented clients in criminal, civil rights, and other civil matters.  He has argued appeals in the Third, Seventh, and Ninth Circuits, as well as before the Illinois Appellate and Supreme Courts.

Mr. Brody is a past President of the Seventh Circuit Bar Association and is the Chair of the Seventh Circuit Bar Foundation.   He is the immediate past-Chair of the Evanston Community Foundation and is a Trustee of the Wisconsin Union Association at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Mr. Brody received a bachelor's degree in economics and political science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1980. He attended the University of Chicago Law School, where he graduated with honors in 1983 and was selected a member of Order of the Coif. He was a Comment Editor on the Law Review. After graduating from law school, Mr. Brody clerked for the Hon. Antonin Scalia, on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

Mr. Brody and his wife, Elizabeth Ester, have two sons, one of whom is a graduate of The Law School. They live in Evanston.