Prior to joining Venable, Casie represented and advised individuals and corporations in a variety of criminal and civil investigations and enforcement matters as an associate in the New York, Los Angeles, and London offices of a prominent international law firm. She has represented clients in parallel global proceedings and coordinated with local counsel across the globe, assisting with various phases of worldwide civil and criminal trials. Casie knows the ins and outs of myriad domestic and international criminal fraud statutes, including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), UK Bribery Act, and U.S. anti-money laundering (AML) statutes.
Casie has also served as counsel for a major food services company, litigating and advising on employment matters and commercial complex business disputes.
In addition, Casie is devoted to supporting pro bono clients. In law school she assisted in litigation matters for the Farmworkers Clinic and Death Penalty Clinic under the supervision of law school professors. She has also assisted with various immigration pro bono matters and has been awarded the New York State Bar Association's Empire State Counsel multiple times in recognition of her pro bono work.
Related Practices
Experience
Representative Matters
- Represented former partners of a private equity firm in confidential arbitration concerning interpretation of fund partnership agreements
- Obtained an acquittal on all counts for a shipbuilding executive charged with securities fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering arising from allegations of bribery
- Defended and represented a telecommunications company and its officers and directors in class action securities litigation arising out of a $34 billion merger
- Represented a technology platform provider in litigation arising out of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act
- Advised and defended an individual in connection with a lawsuit alleging art fraud spanning foreign and domestic jurisdictions
- Represented and conducted internal investigation of an energy company in response to a Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation
- Defended an agricultural company in a trial involving a commercial dispute between two large pistachio processors in the Central Valley
Credentials
Education
- J.D. Cornell Law School 2017
- B.A. Criminology, Law, and Society cum laude University of California at Irvine 2014
Bar Admissions
- California
- New York
Court Admissions
- Central District of California
- Eastern District of New York
- Southern District of New York
Languages
- Spanish
Recognition
- Public Counsel, Pro Bono Award, 2022 (recognized for her work with Public Counsel's Homelessness Prevention Law Project)
- New York State Bar Association, Empire State Counsel, 2018, 2020 – 2021 (earned for performing 50 hours or more of pro bono legal services in a given year)