Partner, Chair of the Civil Rights Division

Cassandra Rohme

New York, NY

Licensed in 1 State

About Cassandra

Cassandra is an experienced litigator and accomplished trial attorney who chairs the firm’s civil rights practice. Cassandra and the Liakas Law Civil Rights Team fight back against those who abuse their power to harm, exploit, and kill the most vulnerable members of our society. The Civil Rights Team handles sensitive and complex litigation in state and federal court including cases involving wrongful death, excessive force and police shootings, deaths in police and/or corrections custody, wrongful convictions, malicious prosecutions, false arrests, hospital sexual assaults, corrections and custody sexual assaults, school sexual assaults, cases involving conditions of confinement and denial of medical treatment and care, Monell claims, and catastrophic injuries. Prior to law school, Cassandra worked as an investigator and forensic analyst for several international companies and is known for leaving no stone unturned when she investigates a matter. While in law school, Cassandra was selected to join the Brendan Moore Trial Advocacy Center where she learned from some of the best trial lawyers in the United States. Upon graduation, Cassandra taught trial advocacy at Fordham Law School as an adjunct professor for many years. Known as an aggressive litigator and for her devastating cross-examinations, from 2016 to 2023, Cassandra was lead counsel on nearly 60 jury trials in State and Federal Court. In 2023, Cassandra obtained one of the top 100 Civil Rights Jury Verdicts in the United States and she has been named a Super Lawyers Rising Star every year since 2021. With the tireless assistance of the Liakas Law Civil Rights team, Cassandra works hard to expose corruption and abuses of power that endanger our democracy and our country’s most vulnerable citizens. She is admitted to practice in New York, and in the Southern, Eastern, Northern, and Western Districts of New York federal courts.