Suzanne Cassidy
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Suzanne Cassidy is a partner with the firm, who concentrates her practice in the areas of School Law, Insurance Defense, Employment Discrimination and Civil Rights. She is a trained mediator in family law. Sue is a member of the American Bar Association, the Kentucky Bar Association and the Northern Kentucky Bar Association. She previously served on the Board of Directors of NKBA, and is a past president of that group. She is a member of KBA’s Education Law Section, as well as both the National School Board Attorneys and Kentucky School Board Attorneys Associations, previously serving on the Board of Directors and as president of this latter group. She volunteers in the family law area for the Northern Kentucky Volunteer Lawyers.
Kentucky Governor Steven Beshear appointed Sue to a four-year term on the Kentucky Personnel Board in February, 2008. She received the 2006 Pro Bono Attorney of the Year Award from the Northern Kentucky Volunteer Lawyers. Sue is a regular volunteer with the Parish Kitchen in Covington, KY.
Areas of Practice
- Family Law
- School Law
- Insurance Defense
- Employment Discrimination
- Civil Rights
Bar Admissions
- Kentucky, 1994
- Ohio, 1993
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Kentucky, 1994
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Ohio, 1994
- U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1996
Education
- Salmon P. Chase College of Law, Highland Heights, Kentucky
- J.D. - 1993
- Edgecliff College, Cincinnati, Ohio
- B.A. - 1971
Representative Cases
- S.E. v. Grant County Bd. Of Educ., 522 F.Supp.2d 826; aff’d (E.D. Ky. 2007)
- S.E. v. Grant County Bd. Of Educ., 544 F.3d 633; cert. denied, 129 S.Ct. 2075 (2009) (6th Cir. 2008)
- Westfield Ins. Co. v. Tech Dry, Inc., 336 F.3d 503 (6th Cir. 2003)
- Wesley V. Ross, 2010 WL 3120204 (E.D. Ky. 2010)
- Sims v. Bracken County Bd. Of Educ., Slip Copy, 2:10-cv-00033-DLB (E.D. Ky. 2010)
- Com. ex rel. Young v. Proffitt, 2004 WL 1635805 (Ky. App. 2004)
- Afterkirk v. Bd. of Educ. Of Grant County, 2003 WL 21474007 (Ky. App. 2003)
- Board of Educ. of Erlanger-Elsmere School Dist. v. Code, 57 S.W.3d 820 (Ky. 2001)
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington v. Secter, 966 S.W.2d 286 (Ky. App. 1998)
Professional Associations and Memberships
- American Bar Association
- Kentucky Bar Association
- Northern Kentucky Bar Association
- Northern Kentucky Collaborative Group, Inc.
- National School Board Attorneys Association
- Kentucky School Board Attorneys Association
