Cassie is a member of the Commercial Litigation department and focuses her practice on healthcare litigation. Cassie represents and advises clients throughout the country in a variety of matters involving the False Claims Act, payor-provider disputes, restrictive covenants, shareholder and partnership disputes, and contract disputes.
Cassie’s clients include health systems, hospitals, private equity firms, physician practices, management service organizations, and ambulatory surgery centers. Cassie’s representation stems across all components of litigation and pre-litigation activities.
Before joining McGuireWoods, Cassie worked as a litigation associate for an international commercial law firm where she represented and advised clients in a variety of matters including antitrust litigation, consumer class actions, mass tort settlements, product liability lawsuits, and civil rights litigation. At the Vanderbilt University Law School, Cassie received scholastic excellence awards in Constitutional Law and Property Law, and was elected to Order of the Coif.
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Vanderbilt University Law SchoolJD
Order of the Coif, Dean’s List, Articles Editor, Vanderbilt Law Review
2018 -
Xavier UniversityBAPhilosophy, Politics, and the Public; History
summa cum laude, Dean’s List
2015
- Speaker, "Trends and Developments in Physician Ownership and Non-Compete Disputes," 7th Annual Healthcare Litigation and Compliance Program, September 29, 2022
- Speaker, "Physician Practice and Ownership Disputes," Healthcare and Life Sciences Webinar Series, June 17, 2021
- Illinois
- U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit
- Author, District Court Adopts Middle of the Road Approach in Determining Causation in Anti-Kickback Statute-Based False Claims Act Case, The FCA Insider, May 2, 2022
- Author, Another Circuit Weighs in on the Standard for Evaluating Government Motions to Dismiss False Claims Act Actions, The FCA Insider, December 22, 2021
- Author, Federal Court Permits Government Intervention in FCA Case After Seven Years After Finding “Good Cause”, The FCA Insider, September 13, 2021
- Author, Fifth Circuit Orders Return of Privileged Property After Government Seizure, The FCA Insider, August 27, 2021
- Co-author, Tide Is Turning Against FCA Case Dismissals, Law360, July 29, 2021
- Author, No FCA Liability Where Fraudulently Obtained Contract Did Not Concern the United States, The FCA Insider, June 21, 2021
- Author, Request to File Amended Complaint for Fraud Rejected for Failure to Allege Facts with Particularity, The FCA Insider, April 21, 2021
- Author, Fifth Circuit Vacates Fraud Conviction after Denying Codefendants’ Appeal, The FCA Insider, March 17, 2021