Bio
Kassandra Nelson is an Associate based in the Firm’s Delaware office and her practice focuses on complex consumer, securities and antitrust litigation. In addition, Ms. Nelson consults with the Firm’s institutional investor clients, including numerous public pension systems and multi-employer funds to inform clients and ensure that they have proper safeguards in place to monitor and protect against corporate malfeasance in the United States and international finance markets.
Ms. Nelson litigates on behalf of public entities against pharmaceutical companies for alleged fraudulent business practices.
Ms. Nelson is currently admitted to practice in Texas and New York only.
Associations:
- National Association of Public Pension Attorneys (NAPPA)
- National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems (NCPERS)
- County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania (CCAP)
- Pennsylvania State Association of County Controllers (PSACC)
- Texas Association of Public Employee Retirement Systems (TEXPERS)
- Georgia Association of Public Pension Trustees (GAPPT)
- Florida Public Pension Trustees Association (FPPTA)
- International Foundation for Employee Benefit Plans (IFEBP)
- Association of Benefit Administrators (ABA)
Highlights
- Best Lawyers: “Ones to Watch in America”: Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs (2023-2025)
- Served as a student attorney for SMU’s Innocence Clinic, working with the Dallas County Public Defender’s Office and New York Innocence Project, and successfully advocated for the release and exoneration of Steven Chaney, freed after wrongfully serving more than 25 years
- Co-author of Global Trends in Private Damages: The Future of Collective Actions, Scott, David; Hollway, Belinda; Nelson, Kassandra; Shah, Devi, 13 Competition L. Int’l 137 (2017)
- Received the distinction of Pro Bono Honor Roll upon graduation from SMU for her work in Legal Public Service
Admissions
- State of New York
- State of Texas
Representative Cases
- City of Cambridge v. Purdue Pharma L.P., et al., No. 1984CV02854-BLS2 (Suffolk Cty. Mass.) (opioid cases)
- City of New Britain v. Purdue Pharma L.P., d/b/a Purdue Pharma (Delaware) Limited Partnership, et al. (Super. Ct. Conn.) (opioid cases)
- Also opioid cases in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Virginia
Education
- Southern Methodist University (J.D., 2016)
- University of Alabama (B.A., cum laude, 2012)