Jenny Ytsma, attorney at law

Jenny Ytsma is specialized in the fields of family law and the Law on Special Admission to Psychiatric Hospitals (Wet BOPZ). Aside from this, she handles cases in the areas of social insurance and administrative law. Ytsma graduated from the  University of Groningen in 1981. In 2002 she successfully completed the training for mediator.  Following her studies, Jenny Ytsma worked at the Office for Legal Aid in Assen and as a “patient’s confidential counselor” in Bergen op Zoom. She gained international experience working at both the European Commission in Brussels and as a legal counsel at the Dutch Ministry of Health, Wellbeing and Sports in the Department of Legislation and Legal affairs. In 2010 she was admitted to the Dutch Bar.