Partner

Commercial Litigation

Expertise

Cassandra is a commercial litigator with breadth and depth of experience handling breach of contract, partner/LLC member/shareholder disputes and business-related torts such as breach of fiduciary duty, professional negligence, and fraud.

She also litigates matters involving restrictive covenants/non-competes, trade secrets, and wire or digital payment fraud. Cassandra has practiced in state and federal court and alternative dispute resolution forums in a wide array of commercial, class and derivative actions and multi-district litigation. She prides herself on providing highly responsive service and incisive legal analysis and strategy within the framework of a client’s goals. Cassandra has been recognized consecutively since 2021 by Super Lawyers for business litigation.

She is very active in the New York City legal community, serving on the Litigation Committee and appearing as faculty in CLEs at the New York City Bar Association, as well as serving on the Grants Committee of Judges and Lawyers Breast Cancer Alert. Cassandra practices in both New York and New Jersey.

Cassandra advises

  • Partners, private shareholders and LLC members
  • Startup founders
  • Public and private companies in B2B disputes

Career History

Previous Law firms

  • Scarola Zubatov Schaffzin PLLC (2020 – 2023)
  • Quinones Law PLLC (2019 – 2020)
  • Abraham Fruchter & Twersky LLP (2015 – 2018)
  • Andrews Kurth LLP (2005 – 2015)

Education

  •  New York University Stern School of Business, M.B.A., 2012
  •  Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 2005
  • Yale University, B.A., with distinction, 2001

Bar Admissions

  • New York
  • New Jersey
  • United States District Court, Southern District of New York
  • United States District Court, Eastern District of New York
  • United States District Court, District of New Jersey
  • United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit

Expertise

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Cassandra is a commercial litigator with breadth and depth of experience handling breach of contract, partner/LLC member/shareholder disputes and business-related torts such as breach of fiduciary duty, professional negligence, and fraud.

She also litigates matters involving restrictive covenants/non-competes, trade secrets, and wire or digital payment fraud. Cassandra has practiced in state and federal court and alternative dispute resolution forums in a wide array of commercial, class and derivative actions and multi-district litigation. She prides herself on providing highly responsive service and incisive legal analysis and strategy within the framework of a client’s goals. Cassandra has been recognized consecutively since 2021 by Super Lawyers for business litigation.

She is very active in the New York City legal community, serving on the Litigation Committee and appearing as faculty in CLEs at the New York City Bar Association, as well as serving on the Grants Committee of Judges and Lawyers Breast Cancer Alert. Cassandra practices in both New York and New Jersey.

Cassandra advises

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  • Partners, private shareholders and LLC members
  • Startup founders
  • Public and private companies in B2B disputes

Career History

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Previous Law firms

  • Scarola Zubatov Schaffzin PLLC (2020 – 2023)
  • Quinones Law PLLC (2019 – 2020)
  • Abraham Fruchter & Twersky LLP (2015 – 2018)
  • Andrews Kurth LLP (2005 – 2015)

Education

  •  New York University Stern School of Business, M.B.A., 2012
  •  Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 2005
  • Yale University, B.A., with distinction, 2001

Bar Admissions

  • New York
  • New Jersey
  • United States District Court, Southern District of New York
  • United States District Court, Eastern District of New York
  • United States District Court, District of New Jersey
  • United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit