Christi A. Cassel, Attorney

Born:
McMinnville, Oregon, April 27, 1979
Moved to Virginia in 1988

Education:
Lewis & Clark College,
Portland, Oregon (B.A., 2002)
College of William & Mary
Marshall-Wythe School of Law (J.D., 2008)

Practice Areas:
Christi’s practice is limited to representing property owners in eminent domain proceedings and defending private property rights.





Professional Activities:

• Admitted to the Virginia Bar in 2008
• William & Mary Law Review, member
• Author, Note: "Keep Out of MySpace!: Protecting Students from Unconstitutional Suspensions and Expulsions," Volume 49 of William & Mary Law Review, Issue 2, 2007 (Available at: 49 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 643)
• Author, “Limitations on Discovery in Eminent Domain Proceedings: Application of Rule 4:1(b)(5),” The Fee Simple, Volume XXIX, No. 1, November 2008

• Virginia State Bar
• Featured as Virginia “Legal Elite” in the "Young Lawyer under 40" category in Virginia Business Magazine, 2009
• Norfolk-Porstmouth Bar Association:
  • Young Lawyers Section Steering Committee Member, 2008-present;
  • Program Committee Member, 2009-present

• Alumni Ambassador, William & Mary School of Law, 2008-present
• Mentor, Ruffner Academy Mentorship Program, 2009-present
• “Senior Counsel” Mentor, William & Mary Law School, 2009-present
• Teach for America, alumna
• AmeriCorps*NCCC, alumna